AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

PFrom Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state in Authority and the Individual/ Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and deep understanding he explores the formation and purpose of society education moral evolution and social economical and intellectual progress. First of the famousnbsp:BBC Reith lectures this wonderful collection delivers Russell at his intellectual best.PPrefatory Note Introduction 1. Social Cohesion and Human Nature 2. Social Cohesion and Government 3. The Role of the Individual 4. The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature 5. Control and Initiative: their Respective Spheres 6. Individual and Social Ethics IndexPSTRONGBertrand Russell/STRONG (18721970). A celebrated mathematician and logician Russell was and remains one of the most genuinely widely read and popular philosophers of modern times.