| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0415487382 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780415487382 |
| No of pages | 170 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Routledge |
| Published Date | 01 Sep 2009 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0415487382 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780415487382 |
| No of pages | 170 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Routledge |
| Published Date | 01 Sep 2009 |
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, was a Welsh philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, pacifist, and prominent rationalist.
Although he was usually regarded as English, as he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought."
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Also published under the title of Principals of Social Reconstruction, and written in response to the devastation of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell's ideas on war, pacifism, reason, impulse, and personal liberty. He argues that the individualistic approach of traditional liberalism has reached its limits and that when individuals live passionately, they will have no desire for war or killing.
Conversely, excessive restraint or reason causes us to live unnaturally and with hostility toward those who are unlike ourselves. This formidable work greatly contributed to Russell's fame as a formidable social critic and anti-war activist.