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is quiet a difficult task to review a work by a genius like Russell specially for a person with an ordinary intellect but if there is an option then no harm in trying.

This book is a collection of Russell's lectures during the early phase of WW, These works cover different aspect of human life such as state, religion, education, marriage to name some, by going through these lectures one got to understand the real mind set of this thinker par excellence the jest of this work is the preaching of humanity both in collective and in individual sense.
Thru these pages we see a person who want person/society to thrive on its natural creative instincts, an atmosphere where there is only compassion and benevolence where there will be no fear of state authority in a negative way where children will not strait jacketed to think in some particular way and where term patriotism is not confined to one's own country/tribe/community but also to understand the feeling of other people towards their country and community.


Writing style is reader friendly and narration is easy on mind the content is quiet easily communicated to the recipient which is not an easy task specially if the subject is philosophy here Russell has proved his mastery of words and communication skills.


One thing is quiet interesting and that is the misjudgment on the part of Russell regarding the role of USA in the world war, he predicted that America will not go to war because it has no external danger well two years after the delivery of this lecture USA did enter the war on the side of Britain and France this proves that mistakes could be incurred by the even the brightest of minds.
this book is a must read for all the thinking minds with an intent to make this world a better place A great book, soon it will be an arabic book by my translation.
It's interesting to see that many of the philosophical ideas of the current century, as well as many of the more abstract social issues we face, were already actively thought about right at the start of it.
Diminishing birth rates, inequality of women and colored people, and education towards obedience rather than creativity and exploratory learning, were already wellknown and thought about in Russell's day.


This is a great look at the kind of society Russell was hoping would come about.
It is also a somewhat sombre read into our current times, as many of these issues still haunt us today, if less so through the veil of total war.
Eu acho engraçada a maneira que Bertrand Russel entrou na minha vida: comprei os seus livros para ter assunto com um menino que eu gostava o menino cursava filosofia.
Apesar que o menino não tenha dado em nada, sou grata por ter agregado Russel em minha vida.
Sempre que leio seus livros, vejo como ele conseguia pensar muito além da sua época, apontando falhas na nossa sociedade que infelizmente existem até hoje.
Tendo em vista que essa leitura foi extremamente positiva, resolvi colocar os pontos que mais me chamaram a atenção em tópicos para deixar a resenha mais dinâmica.


Primeiramente, gostei muito da maneira com que Russel trabalha com os chamados "Impulsos", Fiquei impressionada que ele conseguiu descrever com uma lucidez absurda as motivações inconscientes do homem, e como o Estado consegue direcionar esses impulsos para os seus próprios propósitos, tendo como maior aliada a Educação Patriótica nas escolas e o instinto natural que o cidadão tem de pertencer a um grupo.


Em segundo lugar, o melhor capítulo de longe foi o referente a instituição Casamento e como certos preconceitos estão enraizados profundamente em nossa cultura.
Ele também levante questões importantes sobre a validade da lei monogâmica e sobre o mito do romance eterno nas relações, e como isso impacta o jeito que a mulher enxerga que deve se portar em sociedade.
Mesmo sendo um homem do século XX, Russel já via essa instituição se reorganizando e como a emancipação feminina impactava nesse processo.
Russel aprofunda essa temática em "casamento e moral", preciso reler esse livro,

Sempre considerei a educação algo indispensável, e depois desse livro vejo como ela é ainda mais imprescindível, pois só assim o homem conseguirá desviar seus impulsos inconscientes para um fim benéfico e que cause impactos positivos no mundo.


A escrita de Russel é fluída e bem fundamentada, fazendo com que eu conseguisse entender perfeitamente aquilo que ele defendia e me apaixonasse pelos seus propósitos.
Tenho uma admiração profunda e genuína por esse homem,

Livrão mesmo,

estrelinhas, favoritadasso Not an easy read, and probably best to go back to it.
The title is a little misleading, as the series of lectures were originally given and published as 'Principles of Social Reconstruction' inat the height of the First World War.
They were later published in the USA under the title 'Why Men Fight', against Russell's wishes.
The subjects are all tied together by the then current crisis, and develop towards the authors ideas about improving society.
In hindsight some of his ideas are quite basic e, g. women's role in the workforce and family, but he was a philosopher, not a clairvoyant, so these can be totally understood as a product of his times.
Something I enjoyed about Why Men Fight is it offers more solutions than criticisms, Unfortunately those solutions tend to be unfounded conjecture, which history has proven to be false, It is also interesting how Russell finds the root of war in personal and social issues such as education, family structure, and personal liberty, rather than in things like international relations and weaponry.
It makes you wonder if this isn't a sociology work with a belligerent title to sell more books in the Great War world of.
He might talk everything other than why we fight but it is one Russell's most poignant and compelling work.
Acho que o que melhor descreve esse livro é visão de mundo, A capacidade do russel de ver além de seu tempo é realmente incrível, Terei que dividir essa resenha, pois tiveram muitas coisas que gostem mesmo a respeito,
Primeiro, gostei da forma como ele descreveu a natureza/os atributos da vivência humana: a mente, o instinto e o espírito.
Acredito que ele consegiu descrever essas fontes de moviemtno de forma mais precisa do que a maioria dos filósofos me sinto especialmente intuída a pensar em mim mesma dessa forma.
Acredito que elas dizem muito a respeito do que somos e, com base nisso, nossa história não poderia ter sido diferente.

Segundo, a ideia de educação também está relacionada de uma forma profunda com esses atributos.
Minha consideração por uma educação adequada já era grande, mas ela cresceu de uma forma significativa depois do que foi exposto aqui.

Terceiro, eu dava menos valor ainda sobre a influência política de cada cidadão na guerra, e como isso se relaciona às formas de produção.
O Estado, como instituição que, no momento, se estabelece de forma autoritária e arbitrária e não como um representante e eleito pelo povo incute um desequilíbrio entre mente, espírito e instinto, muitas vezes apoiado no nacionalismo.

Quarto, esse livro é evidência da necessidade de se discutirem assuntos como casamento, o papel social da mulher, o que signfica ter filhos e o que caracteriza um relacionamento conjugal fiel.
Esse tipo de assunto não pode tornarse um tabu ou permanescer dessa forma, Afinal, os produtos dessas situações são os futuros cidadãos de TODAS as nações

e cabe a todas elas preocuparse agora com seu futuro.

Quinto, a história evidencia como a abordagem de Russel é apurada pois ele descreveu inúmeros comportamentos de Hitler antes mesmo de este se tornar conhecido por seus feitos como a frustração artística do impulso criativo que foi descarregada no exterior, o caráter atribuído ao Estado, o nacionalismo, o caráter educacional.

Sexto, aprendi a necessidade de entender que eu não tenho a capacidade intelectual de concordar ou discordar em alguns casos nesse caso, tenho pouco intelecto para distinguir o que pode ser equívoco e, além disso, que minhas discordâncias sobre certas afirmações podem ser infundadas.
Ainda, aprendi que nem sempre preciso concordar com tudo o que um pensador opina mas precsio reconhecer sua legitimidade e a necessidade de sua teoria e, mais do que isso, que ele é muito mais instruído do que eu mesma.

Que eu seja uma das corajosas a pregar pela paz e pela regeneração mundial que ainda é necessária apesar da ausência de guerras mundiais.
Que eu saiba encarar "a solidão, a oposição, a pobreza e a infâmia," seja "capaz de viver pela verdade e pelo amor, com uma insuperável esperança racional.
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"De seus fantasmas deverá surgir a voda, e é a nós que devem vivificar, " Clear, concise, informative Written during the First World War, composed as a series of lectures, Bertrand Russell admired and desised pacifist who served jailtime for his objection to conscription in the British Army pleads for more sanity, and above all, humanity.


His main thesis is that all of mankind is moved by impulses, and only secondary by desires.
We think and feel we want things, yet subconsciously our ego is driven by some deeper drives, which are triggered by our environments including ourselves.
Viewing mankind in such a way, immediately leads to the conclusion that the way our environment is ordered and structured determines how we behave towards others.
More specifically, our environment determines whether our impulses are directed towards creation and benevolence or towards posession and hostility.
Even more specifically, it is our political institutions that impact our impulses the most,

Within this theoretical framework very reminiscent of Freud's theory of the ego Russell analyzes the current political institutions.
His main claims are that the State has become too powerful and dominating in private lives that war is desired by some warmongering elites and that the masses are easily aroused through mass psychology i.
e. propaganda, which finds fertile ground in the heads of people since they have become too dull and blunted by their working lives that the economic system capitalism is solely aimed at posession, turning community living into zerosum games and transforming the rich elites into snobs that education is dominated by the interests of the economic and political elites, kneading children into docile sheep who know only how to follow orders that morality, especially marriage, oppresses women and shuts them up in unhappy lives and lastly, that religion has destroyed both the life of the mind and the life of the spirit.


In his criticisms Russell also points to the future, For example, he mentions a combination of syndicalism democracy at the work place, ultimately under state control and cooperation where possible as an alternative to pure capitalism.
He does leave room for capitalism, but curbs it, Also, he promotes the freedom of women, yet he is aware of the future risks of a degeneration of the European race, and perhaps even the oppression of men by women which he detests as much as the current oppression of women.
War can only be killed off by instituting a World Federation that has as its sole purpose to be a military world state which intervenes in every nation or region where human rights to freedom are threatened.
Economics and politics is left to the nation,

Russell's main message is there's a human instinct to live, to be active, and this principle can be used for good when it is aimed at creation creating goods to share with others or for bad when it is aimed at possessions turning your needs into my property.
Russell pleads for a new way of life, a life that focused on creating and sharing.
His view can be summarized as liberty and humanity reverence towards others,

While he recognizes the basic needs of people food, drink, clothing, shelter, etc, and sees the economy as a supporting factor in this, he also wants to curb the rights of owners of property to allow workers to work much less hours and spend a bigger part of their lives on learning, art, friendship, etc.


Although the view expressed by Russell can count on my sympathy, I wonder how much of it is the musings of an intellectual.
Not everyone is interested in the life of creation, let alone capable, But still I think it worthwile to promote such a cause, And to be fair to Russell, he does include friendship, community living and even pattriotism in his positive expressions of the life principle.
I found his treatment of the economic system hugely interesting: he is the first and one of the selected few who emphasizes the inhumanity of making people workhours a week, and not allowing them to work less, in order to develop themselves as human beings.
This is an argument which is sadly almost never recognized, especially in calvinistic economies like those of Europe.


In the end, we have to remember that these texts was written in, delivered as lectures and published in, and that Russell was highly impacted by the distressing news of the mass destruction on the continent.
Russell was a good man, with a big heart, and much love for all humanity an example worthy of admiration, even more so when we take his time into context.
Interesting to read and very accessible! for anyone who wants to get a feel for the war times as experienced in the UK and US, to a lighter degree.
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