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Principles of Social Reconstruction
Philosophy
Written during World War I while Russell was a pacifist agitator (and briefly imprisoned for it), this 1916 book argues that the causes of war lie not in economics but in human impulses — acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and the love of power. Published in the US as Why Men Fight. The first full statement of Russell's social and political philosophy: build institutions that channel creative energy rather than destructive impulse.
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