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Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell - A Cultural Sociology (Hardcover)
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Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell - A Cultural Sociology (Hardcover)
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Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a logician, a philosopher, and one
of the twentieth century's most visible public intellectuals.
Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell: A Cultural Sociology
brings those three aspects together to trace Russell's changing
views on the role of science and technology in society throughout
his long intellectual career. Drawing from cultural sociology,
history of science, and philosophy, Javier Perez-Jara and Lino
Camprubi provide a fresh multidimensional analysis of the general
themes of science, technology, utopia, and apocalypse. The book
critically examines Russell's influential interpretations of the
turn-of-the-century mathematical logic, World War I, the
metaphysics and epistemology of mind and matter, World War II,
nuclear holocaust, and the Vietnam War. In Russell's compelling
narratives, humanity was a powder keg and the match was represented
by different meta-adversaries, such as religion, communism, and
American imperialism. And the only way to avoid a coming global
Holocaust was to follow his own salvific recipes. In working around
Russell's role in the cultural perception of the final destiny of
humanity, Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell invites the
reader to think about the place of the techno-scientific sphere in
human progress and decadence in both our current epoch and the
distant future.
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