Political Ideals

by Bertrand Russell

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A major contributor to twentieth-century philosophy, British-born thinker Bertrand Russell is credited as one of the key figures in the founding of the field of analytic philosophy. Throughout his life, he flirted with liberal schools of thought such as socialism and pacifism. In the essays collected in Political Ideals, Russell subjects these concepts to a thorough, unsparing analysis.

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Escrito en 1917 y prohibido durante décadas, Ideales políticos constituye un libro especialmente atractivo y esclarecedor, no sólo por el valor y el coraje que llevan a defender el pacifismo y el cooperativismo internacional en plena Primera Guerra Mundial, sino porque en él, de manera sobresaliente, resaltan aquellas «tres pasiones sencillas pero abrumadoramente poderosas» que –según confiesa Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) en su Autobiography– gobernaron su vida: el anhelo del amor, la búsqueda del conocimiento y la profunda compasión por el sufrimiento de la humanidad. Se diría que, consciente o inconscientemente, Russell olvida por completo los recelos neopositivistas acerca de la pertinencia de los juicios de valor, para show more declarar contundentemente que la mejor vida es aquella no en la que cada uno hace lo que le place sin más, sino aquella en la que los impulsos constructivos o creativos desempeñan el papel principal y los impulsos posesivos, expandidos hasta lo inimaginable en las sociedades capitalistas, tienen el menor protagonismo posible. show less

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic. He was best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. Together with G.E. Moore, Russell is generally recognized as one of the main founders of modern analytic philosophy. Together with Kurt Gödel, he is regularly show more credited with being one of the most important logicians of the twentieth century. Over the course of a long career, Russell also made contributions to a broad range of subjects, including the history of ideas, ethics, political and educational theory, and religious studies. General readers have benefited from his many popular writings on a wide variety of topics. After a life marked by controversy--including dismissals from both Trinity College, Cambridge, and City College, New York--Russell was awarded the Order of Merit in 1949 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Noted also for his many spirited anti-nuclear protests and for his campaign against western involvement in the Vietnam War, Russell remained a prominent public figure until his death at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original title
Political Ideas
Original publication date
1962

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology, History
DDC/MDS
320Social sciencesPolitical sciencePolitical science (Politics and government)
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JC258 .R8Political SciencePolitical theoryPolitical theory. The state. Theories of the stateModern state
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