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Authority and the Individual (Paperback, Revised)
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Authority and the Individual (Paperback, Revised)
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The author of Human Knowledge and History of Western Philosophy
here- in six lectures given over BBC in 1948-49 - analyzes,
discusses and offers his solutions relating to the struggle between
the degree of individual initiative necessary for progress, and the
degree of social cohesion necessary for survival. He searches for
the impulses in human nature which make social cohesion in varying
times and places, with a glimpse into the future. He explores the
role of individuality, the conflict between techniques and human
nature. He examines the respective spheres of control and
initiative. He considers "as a matter of ethics the whole relation
of individual thought and effort and imagination, to the authority
of the community"... Broad in scope, provocative of thought, terse
in treatment. The reader appeal is limited by the intelligence
quotient of the individual. But the market is widened by a certain
intellectual snob appeal which Bertrand Russell satisfies. (Kirkus
Reviews)
`Russell has rarely written more lucidly, lightly and directly.' - The Spectator
` ... enormously worth reading.' - Daily Telegraph
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