Power : a new social analysis / Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by Samuel Brittan ; with an introduction by Kirk Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Routledge classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxv, 258 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

"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. Written 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', one which would make sense of the traumatic events of the day and offer an explanation for those that would follow." "The result was Power, a remarkable book which 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."--Jacket.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1996. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is 2005 reprint

ISBN:

0415325072

9780415325073

9780203506530

0203506537

OCLC:

53392292

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