Bertrand Russell - Power. A New Social Analysis - 1938

Power. A New Social Analysis (1938) by Bertrand Russell argues that the desire for power is the fundamental impulse in human nature and the primary, driving force of social change and organization, replacing economic or sexual motives. Russell classifies power into forms like traditional, naked, economic, and priestly, and calls for the "taming" of power through democratic control to avoid totalitarianism.

The first edition was published on October 1938. This copy is third impression December 1938. Published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1938. Publishers’ original dark blue cloth boards, with gilt title, and author name on spine.

Book Dimensions: 19.5 x 13.5 cm and Number of Pages: 328 including index

Condition
Firm and well-bound copy. External covers are very clean and in nice shape, with light wear to corners. Internally; the book is nice and tidy. A name and date of 1939 with neat ink inside front cover page. Inner hinges are very good, and pages are tightly held at gutters. Pages are clean with light foxing marks to page edges. The text is fresh and bright (Please see pictures).

Bertrand Russell
“Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970). Philosopher, mathematician, educational and sexual reformer, pacifist, prolific letter writer, author and columnist, Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential and widely known intellectual figures of the twentieth century. In 1950 he was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1950 for his extensive contributions to world literature and for his "rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West."


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