Proposed Roads to Freedom, Bertrand Russell
Proposed Roads to Freedom, Bertrand Russell
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Proposed Roads to Freedom

Author: Bertrand Russell

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/13/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

A concise version of Bertrand Russell's political philosophy and thoughts, focusing on his favoring of guild socialism. While Russell believed that pure Anarchism should be the ultimate goal, his realism lead him to favor the guild socialism which he expands upon in this volume. Russell first discusses the various aspects of socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism, focusing also on the major men/movements associated with each school - Marx and socialism, Bakunin and anarchy, and CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) and syndicalism. He then lays out problems that will exist for the future if these philosophies are adhered to and focuses on various areas - including international relations and science/art.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher considered to be one of the founders of analytic philosophy. He was considered a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, as well as a historian, logician, mathematician, and social critic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 and wrote several volumes on his views.

About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. His most influential contributions include his championing of logicism.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin on November 12, 2023

1918 - Bertrand Russell attempts to imaginatively conceive a better ordering of human society—and why not? To my mind, Russell was one of the greats. I’ve read five (now six) of his books so far but this is the first one I’ve come across that is purely political. Let’s get started… INTRODUCTION Many o......more

Goodreads review by Sotiris on October 09, 2018

Once invited Richard Stallman to give a course on Eliademy.com, he titles it "The road to digital freedom" now I found from where he got his inspiration....Russell. A book in favoure of pure anarchism but also pragmatic that is Utopic to seek such system, thus "socialism" is the 3rd way and the easi......more

Goodreads review by Kent on January 01, 2017

This is great for a historic look back at these philosophies. This was written almost one hundred years ago, so the implications of these different philosophies has changed over the years, but we need to know where we have been to figure out where we are going.......more

Goodreads review by William on October 25, 2021

Boy do I wish I could give half star ratings. Bertrand Russell's Proposed Roads to Freedom is as clear and straightforward as a philosophical/political treatise can get. Reading it a second time after almost 7 years, I find that I both enjoy it more and have more issues with it this time around. Rus......more

Goodreads review by T on December 15, 2011

This is an excellent little book promoting a form of guild socialism, as opposed to state socialism or pure anarchism. It's probably the most anti-utopian, anti-idealist account of a socialist society I've yet read (which isn't to say that it doesn't have its moments). It's fair and level-headed, an......more