The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell (Volume 28): Man's Peril, 1954 - 55

by Bertrand Russell, Andrew Bone (Editor)

Overview

The Collected Papers 28 signals reinvigoration of Russell the public campaigner. The title of the volume is taken from one of his most famous and eloquent short essays and probably the best known of his many broadcasts for the BBC. Man's Peril, 1954-55 not only captures the essence of Russell's thinking about nuclear weapons and the Cold War in the mid-1950s, its extraordinary impact served to jolt him into political protest once again. The activism of which we glimpse the initial stirrings in this volume continued in various guises more or less without interruption until his death. In the writings assembled in this volume, however, he is looking towards the non-aligned states and world'scientific opinion as possible brokers of détente. (The volume includes Russell's famous public statement, the declaration of scientists known as 'The Russell Einstein Manifesto'.) Although Russell was becoming increasingly immersed in work for peace, this was not to the exclusion of all other interests. For example, here we find also him reminiscing about his peace campaigning during the First World War, defending 'History as an Art', and attacking the obscurantism of obscenity legislation and the opponents of birth control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415094245
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/13/2003
Series:	The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell , #28
Pages:	792
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviations, Introduction, Acknowledgements, Chronology, PART I. IMPLICATIONS OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB, 1. The Danger to Mankind, 2. Atomic Energy and the Future of the World, 3. Atomic Weapons, 4. Scientific Warfare, 5. Where Do We Go from Here?, 6. The Hydrogen Bomb and World Government, 7. My Plan for the Most Hopeful Road to Peace, 8. Reflections on the Re-Awakening East, 9. The Morality of Hydrogen Politics, 10. The Road to World Government, 11. Comment on Harrison Brown's Challenge of Man's Future, 12. Two Papers on India, 13. 1948 Russell vs. 1954 Russell, 14. What Neutrals Can Do to Save the World, 15. Communism and War, 16. Man's Peril, PART II. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND COMMENDATORY WRITINGS, 17. Sir Stanley Unwin, 18. Tribute to Einstein, 19. Trotsky in the Ascendant, 20. Bernard Shaw, 21. How I Write, 22. History as an Art, 23. Men of Genius, 24. On Reading His Own Obituary, 25. Three Autobiographical Broadcasts, 26. Soviet Russia in Historical Perspective, 27. Two Literary Blurbs, PART III. LIBERTY, MORALITY, RELIGION AND OTHER PROGNOSES AND PRESCRIPTIONS, 28. Have Liberal Ideals a Future?, 29. Suspicion, 30. The Next Twenty-five Years in Britain, 31. Homosexuality as a Crime, 32. Secrets of Happiness, 33. Can the Censor Promote Virtue?, 34. Was the Human Race Happier a Few Centuries Ago Than Now?, 35. Birth Control and World Problems, 36. The World in 2000 A.D., 37. Can Religion Cure Our Troubles?, 38. Message to the Indian Rationalist Association, 39. Message to the Conference on Cultural Freedom in Asia, 40. Religion and Morality, PART IV. ROADS TO PEACE, 41. New Year Message, 1955, to the Swiss People, 42 A Statement for the New Year, 43. Policy and the Hydrogen Bomb, 44. War and the Hydrogen Bomb, 45. Two Letters on the Chinese Offshore Islands Crisis, 46. Could Britain Fight?, 47. Letter to the Daily Worker, 48. Strategy and the Hydrogen Bomb, 49. India Can Save the World, 50. Can Permanent Peace be Achieved and How?, 51. Can Man Survive?, 52. Children of Hiroshima, 53. The Road to Peace (I), 54. On Banning the Hydrogen Bomb, 55. The Choice Is Ours, 56. Steps towards Peace, 57. The Russell-Einstein Manifesto, 58. What Can Be Hoped from the Big-Four Conference, 59. World Conference of Scientists, 60. The Road to Peace (II), 61. International Press Conference, 62. How to Consolidate Peace, APPENDIXES: INTERVIEWS, MULTIPLE-SIGNATORY TEXTS, NOTES AND DRAFTS, MISSING AND UNPRINTED PAPERS, ANNOTATION, TEXTUAL NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, GENERAL INDEX