Russell: A Very Short Introduction by Grayling, A. C. (9780192802583)

Russell: A Very Short Introduction

by Grayling, A. C.

Paperback - English

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Russell is credited with being one of the prime movers of Analytic Philosophy, and with having played a part in the revolution in social attitudes witnessed throughout the twentieth-century world. This introduction gives a clear survey of Russell's achievements across a wide ange.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0192802585

EAN

9780192802583

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PR

Publication Date

16 May 2002

Pages

176

Weight (kg)

0.15

Dimensions (cm)

17.9 x 11.5 x 1.2

Lexile Level

1340

About Author

A.C. Grayling is a British literary journalist and university professor of philosophy, who contributes the weekly column "The Reason of Things" to The London Times and writes frequently for Financial Times and The New York Review of Books. He is a Reader in Philosophy at Birbeck College, University<BR>of London, and Supernumerary Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford. His books include Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age.<BR>