Russell: A Very Short Introduction

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Russell is credited with being one of the prime movers of Analytic Philosophy, and with having played a part in the revolution in social attitudes witnessed throughout the twentieth-century world. This introduction gives a clear survey of Russell's achievements across a wide ange.


Author: A. C. Grayling
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/16/2002
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.04h x 4.54w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780192802583
ISBN10: 0192802585
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
- Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers

About the Author

A. C. Grayling is Reader in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford. He is author of Wittgenstein in the Very Short Introductions series, as well as An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, The Refutation of Scepticism, and Berkeley: The Central Arguments. He is the editor of Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject and Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject.