TY - BOOK AU - Russell,Bertrand TI - In praise of idleness and other essays PY - 1972/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Social problems N1 - In praise of idleness.--'Useless' knowledge.--Architecture and social questions.--The modern Midas. --The ancestry of fascism.--Scylla and Charybdis; CI, Communism and fascism.--The case for socialism.--Western civilization.--On youthful cynicism.--Modern homogeneity.--Men versus insects.--Education and discipline.--Stoicism and mental health.--On comets. --What is the soul? ER -