Albert Einstein, world-renowned as a physicist, was also publicly
committed to radical political views. Despite the vast literature
on Einstein, Einstein and Twentieth- Century Politics is the first
comprehensive study of his politics, covering his opinions and
campaigns on pacifism, Zionism, control of nuclear weapons, world
government, freedom, and racial equality. Most studies look at
Einstein in isolation but here he is viewed alongside a 'liberal
international' of global intellectuals, including Gandhi, Albert
Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw,
Romain Rolland, Thomas Mann, and John Dewey. Frequently called upon
to join campaigns on great issues of war, peace, and social values,
they all knew or corresponded with Einstein. This volume examines
how Einstein and comparable intellectuals sought to exert a
'salutary influence', as Einstein put it in a letter to Freud.
Close attention is given to the unique qualities Einstein brought
to his interventions in political debate. His influence derived in
the first instance from his celebrity status as the scientist of
genius whose theory of relativity was both incomprehensible to most
and seemingly relevant to many aspects of aspects of culture and
the cosmos. Einstein's complex and enigmatic personality, which
combined intense devotion to privacy and a capacity to perform on
the public stage, also contributed to the Einstein myth. Studying
Einstein's politics, it is argued here, takes us not only into the
mind of Einstein but to the heart of the great public issues of the
twentieth century.
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