Appointment Denied: The Inquisition of Bertrand Russell
by Weidlich, Thom
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2000. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 233pp., b/w pls., notes, bibliog., index, In 1940, New York City's Board of Higher Education appointed noted British scholar Bertrand Russell, one of the greatest living philosophers of the day, to the faculty of the publicly funded City College. The board's intent was to boost the school's image. However, they found themselves mired in a fight between the religious leaders and Russell's unapologetic atheism and popular writings on "free love.Ó One small annotation in text o/w Ôas newÕ
Synopsis
Thom Weidlich is the managing editor for Direct magazine and a former reporter for the National Law Journal .
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- Title
- Appointment Denied: The Inquisition of Bertrand Russell
- Author
- Weidlich, Thom
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Amherst
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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