Power: A New Social Analysis

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In this remarkable book, regarded by Russell as one of the most important of his career, he argues that Power is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society.

Author(s): Bertrand Russell
Series: Routledge Classics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 285

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
PREFACE TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 17
The Impulse to Power......Page 28
Leaders and Followers......Page 34
The Forms of Power......Page 50
Priestly Power......Page 62
Kingly Power......Page 82
Naked Power......Page 90
Revolutionary Power......Page 109
Economic Power......Page 122
Power over Opinion......Page 136
Creeds as Sources of Power......Page 144
The Biology of Organisations......Page 154
Powers and Forms of Governments......Page 172
Organisations and the Individual......Page 192
Competition......Page 201
Power and Moral Codes......Page 213
Power Philosophies......Page 234
The Ethics of Power......Page 242
The Taming of Power......Page 251
Index......Page 280