The Prospects of Industrial Civilization Contributor(s): Russell, Bertrand (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415487366 ISBN-13: 9780415487368 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
Dewey: 320.01 |
LCCN: 2011292796 |
Series: Routledge Classics (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.66 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: First published in 1923, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization is considered the most ambitious of Bertrand Russell's works on modern society. It offers a rare glimpse into often-ignored subtleties of his political thought and in it he argues that industrialism is a threat to human freedom, since it is fundamentally linked with nationalism. His proposal for one government for the whole world as the ultimate solution, along with his argument that the global village and prevailing political democracy should be its eventual results, is both provocative and thoroughly engaging. |