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179361847X epub Bertrand Russell (18721970) was a logician, a philosopher, and one of the twentieth centurys most visible public intellectuals. Science and Apocalypse in Bertrand Russell: A Cultural Sociology brings those three aspects together to trace Russells 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 Prez-Jara and Lino Camprub provide a fresh multidimensional analysis of the general themes of science, technology, utopia, and apocalypse. The book critically examines Russells 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. Read more