Power

A New Social Analysis

By: Bertrand Russell

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Paperback | 1 March 2004 | Edition Number 2

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The key to human nature that Marx found in wealth and Freud in sex, Bertrand Russell finds in power. Power, he argues, is man's ultimate goal, and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society. Writting in the late 1930s when Europe was being torn apart by extremist ideologies and the world was on the brink of war, Russell set out to found a 'new science' to make sense of the traumatic events of the day and explain those that would follow.
The result was Power, a remarkable book that Russell regarded as one of the most important of his long career. Countering the totalitarian desire to dominate, Russell shows how political enlightenment and human understanding can lead to peace - his book is a passionate call for independence of mind and a celebration of the instinctive joy of human life.

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'Extremely penetrating analysis of human nature in politics' - The Sunday Times

'An acute and learned study.' - The Economist

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Introduction
The Impulse to Power	p. 7
Leaders and Followers	p. 12
The Forms of Power	p. 25
Priestly Power	p. 35
Kingly Power	p. 51
Naked Power	p. 57
Revolutionary Power	p. 72
Economic Power	p. 82
Power over Opinion	p. 93
Creeds as Sources of Power	p. 99
The Biology of Organisations	p. 107
Powers and Forms of Governments	p. 122
Organisations and the Individual	p. 139
Competition	p. 146
Power and Moral Codes	p. 156
Power Philosophies	p. 173
The Ethics of Power	p. 179
The Taming of Power	p. 186
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