Bertrand Russell: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067085008X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Larry N. Stout said Glimpses of a complicated man. I think the word "vacant" is misapplied to this informative book about one of the world's great thinkers. Perfection is not to be found in any biography. Seeing that people never fully understand or explain themselves, how can anyone else do it? I'd say this bio is a creditable approximation, and well worth reading.. Rerevisionist said Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years. About "Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years" according to Rerevisionist. About 25 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly 20 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 19Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years About 25 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly 20 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 1930s. 0s. 5 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly "Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years" according to Rerevisionist. About 25 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly 20 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 19Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years About 25 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly 20 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 1930s. 0s. 0 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 19Vacant - interesting mainly for scandal, and Russell's last years About 25 years after Russell's Autobiography, and nearly 20 after Clark's, by the time this book was written (at a suggestion - it wasn't a spontaneous decision) the McMaster Archives were well established. These may have included newspaper cuttings - this is not clear, but seems likely. Moorehead supplemented this with papers (Moore, Keynes etc) and interviews with survivors of those who knew Russell. The result is a sort of composite book: the main lines are as in Russell's Autobiography - upbringing, Cambridge, WW1, USSR, China, 1930s. 0s
The definitive biography of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, mathematician, anti-war activist, and "free love" advocate. Moorehead makes use of unpublished letters and papers and many new interviews to fashion an incisive biography of this contradictory man. Photos.
H. While not neglecting Russell's achievements as prophet of liberal humanism, mathematician, pacifist, educational reformer, advocate of world government and antinuclear activist, Moorehead is especially strong in exploring his traumatic childhood (both parents died before his fourth birthday), his four marriages and many affairs, and his friendships or entanglements with D. We meet a man who, time and again, ruthlessly severed himself from his past and from those he once loved, an "old-fashioned liberal at heart" whose radical stances often made him a force for progressive change. S. . Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, Katherine Mansfield, T. Eliot and many others. From Publishers Weekly In this brilliant, highly entertaining biography, the most intimate portrait of Russell (1872-1970) to date, Moorehead ( Freya Stark ) gives full play