Freedom And Organization: 1814-1914
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board with red spine. Page Condition: Yellowed, with some tanning. Markings: No markings noted. Binding: Intact but aged.
Freedom and Organization: 1814–1914 is a sweeping work of intellectual and political history in which Bertrand Russell chronicles the dominant forces that shaped the modern world across a turbulent century. Russell argues that two competing impulses — the human desire for individual freedom and the inexorable drive toward large-scale organization — defined the political and social transformations of the nineteenth century. With his characteristic analytical precision and elegant prose, he traces the rise of democracy, capitalism, nationalism, and socialism, illustrating how each movement struggled to reconcile liberty with the demands of collective life. Drawing on an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, Russell presents figures such as Napoleon, Marx, and the architects of industrial capitalism as symbols of the tensions that still resonate in the modern age. The result is a work of rare intellectual ambition — authoritative, incisive, and compellingly readable.
Author: Bertrand Russell
Format: Hardback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board with red spine. Page Condition: Yellowed, with some tanning. Markings: No markings noted. Binding: Intact but aged.
Freedom and Organization: 1814–1914 is a sweeping work of intellectual and political history in which Bertrand Russell chronicles the dominant forces that shaped the modern world across a turbulent century. Russell argues that two competing impulses — the human desire for individual freedom and the inexorable drive toward large-scale organization — defined the political and social transformations of the nineteenth century. With his characteristic analytical precision and elegant prose, he traces the rise of democracy, capitalism, nationalism, and socialism, illustrating how each movement struggled to reconcile liberty with the demands of collective life. Drawing on an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, Russell presents figures such as Napoleon, Marx, and the architects of industrial capitalism as symbols of the tensions that still resonate in the modern age. The result is a work of rare intellectual ambition — authoritative, incisive, and compellingly readable.