Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell - A Cultural Sociology

This book weaves together apparently disconnected elements of Bertrand Russell's philosophy and social activism into a coherent narrative about the acclaimed twentieth-century intellectual's evolving stances concerning science and technology and their role in bringing either a future Golden Age or a secular Doomsday.

List of contents

Introduction: The Wings of Icarus
Chapter 1: The Dying Sacred Fire of Mathematics and Logic
Chapter 2: World War I and the Dethronement of Science
Chapter 3: The Tortuous Mazes of Mind and Matter
Chapter 4: Lights and Shadows of Nuclear Death
Chapter 5: The Vietnam War and the Judgment Day
Conclusion: The History of Humankind and the Rashomon Effect

About the author

By Javier Pérez-Jara and Lino Camprubí

Summary

This book weaves together apparently disconnected elements of Bertrand Russell’s philosophy and social activism into a coherent narrative about the acclaimed twentieth-century intellectual’s evolving stances concerning science and technology and their role in bringing either a future Golden Age or a secular Doomsday.

Product details

• Authors: Lino Camprubi, Lino Camprubí, JAVIER P REZ-JARA, Javier Perez-Jara, Javier Camprubi Perez-Jara, Javier Pérez-Jara
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781793618474
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-847-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General