Political ideas

By:

Russell, Bertrand

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Routledge; 2003Description: 80 pISBN:

9780415109079

Subject(s):

Capitaliom

DDC classification:

320.01 RUS

Summary: In this volume Bertrand Russell outlines the basic tenets of his political code. He shows that to think, speak and act without interference is our most cherished freedom, and that political ideals must be based upon the ideals of the individual. Written as a public lecture when Britain was at war in 1917, Political Ideals was banned by the government and remained unpublished in Britain until the 1960s. In it Bertrand Russell sets out the basic tenets of his political code. To think, speak and act without interference is our most cherished freedom. Political ideals must be based on the ideals of the individual. The book is one of the most powerful examples of Russell's political philosophy; it still has the mark of a passionate manifesto.

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In this volume Bertrand Russell outlines the basic tenets of his political code. He shows that to think, speak and act without interference is our most cherished freedom, and that political ideals must be based upon the ideals of the individual.
Written as a public lecture when Britain was at war in 1917, Political Ideals was banned by the government and remained unpublished in Britain until the 1960s. In it Bertrand Russell sets out the basic tenets of his political code. To think, speak and act without interference is our most cherished freedom. Political ideals must be based on the ideals of the individual. The book is one of the most powerful examples of Russell's political philosophy; it still has the mark of a passionate manifesto.

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