in Praise of Idleness

In this collection of essays, Russell scrutinises many aspects of modern life - the latent anarchy of domestic life, the anti-social character of high finance and the folly of working too hard in the machine age. Among th political essays there are powerful demolitions of both Communism and Fascism, and a convincing statement of the case for Socialism. throughout, Russell argues that the world is suffering from intolerance, bigotry and a mistaken belief that vigorous action is admirable even when misguided.