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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

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174p. ; 20cm

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176

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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
September 1984, Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia)
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Open Library
OL7273245M
Internet Archive
inpraiseofidlene0000russ_u2o3
ISBN 10
004304008X
ISBN 13
9780043040089
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63290
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Work Description

This is a collection of essays by Bertrand Russell first published in 1935. In the 1932 essay which gives the title to the volume, Russell propose people work for a maximum of 4 hours-per-day to think, socialise, etc. Other essays treat about sociology, philosophy and economy and also technical architectural problems are discussed in a social frame proposing solutions.

CONTENTS (original edition)

Preface

I In praise of idleness (1932)

II "Useless" knowledge

III Architecture and social questions

IV The modern Midas

V The ancestry of fascism

VI Scylla and Charybdis; or, communism and fascism

VII The case for socialism

VIII Western civilization

IX On youthful cynicism (1929)

X Modern homogeneity (1930)

XI Men versus insects (1933)

XII Education and discipline

XIII Stoicism and mental health (1928)

XIV On comets

XV What is the soul?

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