Power

The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth and Freud in sex, Bertrand Russell finds in power. Power, he argues, is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society. Writting in the late 1930s when Europe was being torn apart by extremist ideologies and the world was on the brink of war, Russell set out to found a 'new science' to make sense of the traumatic events of the day and explain those that would follow. The result was Power, a remarkable book that Russell regarded as one of the most important of his long career. Countering the totalitarian desire to dominate, Russell shows how political enlightenment and human understanding can lead to peace - his book is a passionate call for independence of mind and a celebration of the instinctive joy of human life.

ISBN 0415325072   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780415325073 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 317 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Published in London Imprint Routledge   Series editor Osborne, Neville N., Osborne, Neville N., Osborne, Neville N. Format Paperback   Series ISSN 0956-463 Publication date 02 Feb 2004   Series title Routledge Classics Writer of foreword Samuel Brittan   Previous ISBN 9780766135697 Library of Congress JC330   Height (mm) 198 DEWEY 303.3   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 19 Pages 288   Academic level General, Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education

		Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition
		Introduction
1		The Impulse to Power		1
2		Leaders and Followers		7
3		The Forms of Power		23
4		Priestly Power		35
5		Kingly Power		55
6		Naked Power		63
7		Revolutionary Power		82
8		Economic Power		95
9		Power over Opinion		109
10		Creeds as Sources of Power		117
11		The Biology of Organisations		127
12		Powers and Forms of Governments		145
13		Organisations and the Individual		165
14		Competition		174
15		Power and Moral Codes		186
16		Power Philosophies		207
17		The Ethics of Power		215
18		The Taming of Power		224
		Index		253

"'Extremely penetrating analysis of human nature in politics' - The Sunday Times; 'An acute and learned study.' - The Economist"

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