Fr. 146.00

Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell - A Cultural Sociology

English · Hardback

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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.

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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


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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.

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