Proposed Roads to Freedom

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

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

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

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

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