The Social and Political Thought of Bertrand Russell: The Development of an Aristocratic Liberalism

by Philip Ironside

Book Overview

This pioneering study of Bertrand Russell's social and political thought deals with the years 1896 to 1938, and is the first book to embark on a thorough investigation of the intellectual and cultural context out of which Russell's ideas emerged. Maintaining a sympathetic but critical stance towards Russell's almost innumerable political postures, and focusing in particular on his concern with the intellectual elite, the author renders that thought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521024765
• ISBN13: 9780521024761
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"