Compilation of essays in honour of bertrand russell and his socialist political ideology, covering a broad range of themes related to human rights and dignity, social change, and to the viability of present-day society and its political systems - includes the role of USA in the developing countries, the future of capitalism, etc. References. Festschrift russell b.

Presents a further selection of essays, ranging from the politically correct, to the perfectly obscure: from The Prospects of Democracy to Men Versus Insects.

Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastating critique of the ancestry of fascism to a vehement defence of 'useless' knowledge, with consideration given to everything from insect pests to the human soul, this is a tour de force that only Bertrand Russell could perform.