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Russell's Other Alter Ego*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

R. E. Tully
Affiliation:
St. Michael's College, University of Toronto

Extract

This is the first volume in the Collected Papers which deals exclusively with Russell's non-technical writings and, chronologically, it is the immediate successor of volume 1. Volumes 2 through 7 cover roughly the same span of years as volume 12 (1902–1914) but are devoted to his technical writings on mathematics, logic and philosophy. Of this group, however, only volume 7 has so far been published. The contents of volume 12 are intended to show two contrasting sides of Russell's highly complex character: the contemplative (but nonacademic) side and the active. The latter is much easier to delineate and much more widely known. During 1904, Russell rose to defend traditional Liberal principles of free trade and to assail the British government's protectionist proposals for tariff reform. His various articles, book reviews, critiques and letters to editors are gathered here. Three years later, he campaigned for election to Parliament from Wimbledon as the Women's Suffrage candidate against a staunch anti-suffragist. The outcome was never in doubt, not even to Russell, since Wimbledon was a safe seat for the Conservatives, and in the end Russell lost by a margin greater than 3-to-l, but his fight had been vigorous and had managed to gain national attention.

Type
Critical Notices/Etudes critiques
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1988

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References

* R. A. Rempel, A. Brink, and M. Moran, eds., The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, vol. 12, Contemplation and Action, 1902–1914 (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1985), pp. lv, 612. with 8 plates. $60.00.