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Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell
A Cultural Sociology
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2022
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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a logician, a philosopher, and one of the twentieth century’s most visible public intellectuals. Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell: A Cultural Sociology brings those three aspects together to trace Russell’s changing views on the role of science and technology in society throughout his long intellectual career.
Drawing from cultural sociology, history of science, and philosophy, Javier Pérez-Jara and Lino Camprubí provide a fresh multidimensional analysis of the general themes of science, technology, utopia, and apocalypse. The book critically examines Russell’s influential interpretations of the turn-of-the-century mathematical logic, World War I, the metaphysics and epistemology of mind and matter, World War II, nuclear holocaust, and the Vietnam War.
In Russell’s compelling narratives, humanity was a powder keg and the match was represented by different and successive meta-adversaries, such as religion, communism, and American imperialism. And the only way to avoid a coming global Holocaust was to follow his own salvific recipes.
In working around Russell’s role in the cultural perception of the final destiny of humanity, Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell invites the reader to think about the place of the techno-scientific sphere in human progress and decadence in both our current epoch and the distant future.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1847-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1848-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
246
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter One The Dying Sacred Fire of Mathematics and Logic No access Pages 27 - 64
Chapter Two World War I and the Dethronement of Science No access Pages 65 - 88
Chapter Three The Tortuous Mazes of Mind and Matter No access Pages 89 - 118
Chapter Four Lights and Shadows of Nuclear Death No access Pages 119 - 164
Chapter Five The Vietnam War and the Judgment Day No access Pages 165 - 184
