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Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critique of the ancestry of fascism to a vehement defence of 'useless' knowledge, with consideration given to everything from insect pests to the human soul, this is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.
| ISBN | 0415325064 | | Pages | 208 | | ISBN13 | 9780415325066
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 226 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Routledge Classics | | Publication date | 02 Feb 2004 | | Previous ISBN | 9780415109246 | | Writer of foreword | Anthony Gottlieb | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | HN27 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 301 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition | | | | | | Introduction | | | | | | Preface | | | | 1 | | In Praise of Idleness | | 1 | | 2 | | 'Useless' Knowledge | | 16 | | 3 | | Architecture and Social Questions | | 28 | | 4 | | The Modern Midas | | 39 | | 5 | | The Ancestry of Fascism | | 53 | | 6 | | Scylla and Charybdis, or Communism and Fascism | | 72 | | 7 | | The Case for Socialism | | 81 | | 8 | | Western Civilisation | | 107 | | 9 | | On Youthful Cynicism | | 121 | | 10 | | Modern Homogeneity | | 130 | | 11 | | Men versus Insects | | 138 | | 12 | | Education and Discipline | | 141 | | 13 | | Stoicism and Mental Health | | 148 | | 14 | | On Comets | | 157 | | 15 | | What is the Soul? | | 159 | | | | Index | | 165 |
'A book full of rich, stimulative thought, with plenty of scope for disagreement.' - The Guardian 'Invariably intelligent, stimulating and lucid.' - The Listener 'There is not ... a page which does not provoke argument or thought.' - The Sunday Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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