内容简介
Theseessaysaimtocombat,inonewayoranother,thedogmatismwhichdominatedthefirstdecadesofthetwentiethcenturyandprovideinvaluableinsightintothepoliticalandphilosophicalmilieuinwhichRussellwaswriting.
作者简介
BertrandRussell(1872–1970)wasoneofthemostformidablethinkersofthemodernera.Aphilosopher,mathematician,educationalinnovator,championofintellectual,socialandsexualfreedom,andacampaignerforpeaceandhumanrights,hewasalsoaprolificwriterofpopularandinfluentialbooks,essaysandlecturesonanextensiverangeofsubjects.Consideredtobeoneofthemostcontroversialfiguresofthetwentiethcentury,BertrandRusselliswidelyrenownedforhisprovocativewritings.Thesedefinitiveworksofferprofoundinsightsandforward-thinkingperspectivesonachangingwesternsocietyprogressivelyshaped,mostsignificantly,bytwoworldwars,thedeclineofBritishimperialismandanevolvingmorallandscape.
