Volumes of The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell

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olume 18: Behaviourism and Education, 1927–31

IN PROGRESS
Edited by William Bruneau and Stephen Heathorn

Abbreviations Introduction Acknowledgements Chronology PART I. BEACON HILL SCHOOL 1 Prospectus for Beacon Hill School a Beacon Hill School [1927] b Beacon Hill School [1929] 2 A Bold Experiment in Child Education [1927] 3 The Bertrand Russell School [1930] 4 Headnote to Free Speech in Childhood a Free Speech in Childhood [1931] b “Free Speech in Childhood” (1) [1931] c “Free Speech in Childhood” (2) [1931] d “Free Speech in Childhood” (3) [1931] PART II: EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE 5 Education and the Good Life [1927] 6 How Behaviourists Teach Behaviour [1928] 7 The Application of Science to Education [1928] 8 Watson Versus Freud in Education [1928] 9 Intelligence Tests [1928] 10 Do the Thing That’s Nearest ... [1928] 11 Mr. Russell Replies [1929] 12 What I Am Teaching My Children About War [1930] 13 The Mental Health of the Child from the Standpoint of the Teacher [1930] 14 Compulsory Military Training [1930] 15 Russell on True Function of Modern Education [1930] 16 Introduction to The New Generation [1930] PART III. CHARACTER TRAINING 17 Early Education and Child Welfare [1930] 18 Why Pre-School Children Ought to Go to School [1928] 19 Education Without Sex Taboos [1927] 20 Mr. Bertrand Russell Replies [1928] 21 On the Evils Due to Fear [1929] 22 Stoicism and Mental Health [1929] 23 Idealism for Children [1929] 24 Why Is Modern Youth Cynical? [1930] 25 If My Children Are Happy, Intelligent, and Decent [1931] 26 Modern Tendencies in Education [1931] PART IV. ON PARENTING 27 Are Parents Bad for Children? [1930] 28 Do Men Want Children? [1930] 29 Children and the Truth [1931] 30 Miss Mannin on Children [1931] PART V. ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 31 British Thinker Champions Ben Lindsey’s Plan [1927] 32 My Own View of Marriage [1928] 33 Romance—And So to the Divorce Court! [1928] 34 Is Modern Marriage a Failure? [1930] 35 Debate! Is Modern Marriage a Failure? [1930] 36 What Is to Be Done About Divorce? [1930] PART VI. SCIENCE, FAITH AND THE FUTURE OF CIVILIZATION 37 Are Old Men Fit to Rule the World? [1927] 38 Russell Tells Why Eugenics is Not Popular [1927] 39 Does the World Progress? [1927] 40 Our Free Press! [1928] 41 Is Life Worth Living? [1928] 42 The Ego, The Family and the Nation [1928] 43 Speech to the Rationalist Press Association [1928] 44 Bringing Socialism up to Date [1928] 45 Count Keyserling’s Appraisal of Europe and Himself [1928]

46 Tolstoy—A Modern Hebrew Prophet [1928] 47 On Catholic and Protestant Sceptics [1928] 48 Revolution by Intelligence [1928] 49 What Faith Means [1928] 50 What Will the World Be Like a Hundred Years Hence? [1928] 51 Western Civilization: Whither is it Going? [1928] 52 Whither Mankind [1928] 53 My Vision of the Future [1929] 54 What is Western Civilization? [1929] 55 Freudianism [1929] 56 Are Insects Intelligent? [1929] 57 Do We Need a New God? [1929] 58 Disenchantment [1929] 59 Science and Taboo [1929] 60 The Sedentary Age [1929] 61 The World Man Lives In [1929] 62 Anatole France [1929] 63 Politics and Theology [1930] 64 Religion and Happiness [1930] 65 The Unending Quest [1930] 66 Barriers to Culture [1931] 67 Nice People [1931] 68 The Golden Book of Tagore [1931] 69 Hunger and Love [1931] PART VII. AMERICA AND MODERNITY 70 Is America Giving a Chance to Individuality? [1928] 71 The Optimism of America [1928] 72 The Americanization of Europe Is Inevitable [1928] 73 The Cinema as a Moral Influence [1929] 74 Wasted Idealism [1929] 75 Sacco and Vanzetti [1929] 76 Modern Homogeneity [1930] 77 Thirty Years From Now [1930] 78 Alexander Berkman [1930] PART VIII. POLITICAL COMMENTARY 79 Bertrand Russell on India As a Permanent Source of Trouble [1927] 80 Russia, Asia, and The West [1927] 81 England in China [1927] 82 The Road to Universal Peace [1928] 83 Nationalism [1928] 84 World’s Greatest Need Is Permanent Peace [1928] 85 Russell on Westernization of Turkey [1929] 86 Russell Sees Menace in Lateran Treaties [1929] 87 Socialist Government in England [1929] 88 “Macdonald Government Makes Rapid Strides” [1929] 89 Will the British Empire Last? [1930] 90 Bertrand Russell Despairs of Europe’s Future [1930] 91 The Arrest of Griffin Barry: Two Letters a “Pour encourager les autres” [1930] b Passports [1930] 92 Symposium on War Responsibility[1930] 93 Survey of Clergymen’s Attitudes to the Next War [1931] 94 What I Believe (1) [1927] 95 Prison Experiences [1929] 96 Confessions [1929] 97 How I Was Educated [1930] 98 My Private Decalogue [1930] 99 On “Literary Parasites” [1930] 100 Earl and Countess Russell [1931] 101 What I Believe (2) [1931] APPENDIXES Missing and Unprinted Papers Annotation Textual Notes Bibliographical Index General Index