Russell on Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Life and work of Bertrand Russell. 3. The philosophical development of Russell. 4. Russell\'s social philosophy. 5. Educational philosophy of Bertrand Russell. 6. Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.

"Philosophy of Education is a fascinating area of educational studies. There may be several approaches to study this branch of education. One of the important approaches is the great minds approached which is based on analysing different aspects of personality of a great man and his ideas on different dimensions of human life.

In the present book the authors have taken up the study of a great mind viz., Bertrand Russell who influenced the conceptual framework of the world in the last century." (jacket)