In 1920, the British philosopher, logician, and mathematician Bertrand Russell traveled on a short visit to Russia, a trip that brought him a lot of frustration, and later made him one of the most prominent critics of Bolshevism, or the “Russian experiment in communism,” without this meaning that he abandoned his support for socialism as an idea. Or a political approach.
In the first section of this book, Russell records his direct impressions of that visit, in the form of journalistic observations carried out by a committed leftist and first-class philosopher. While the second theoretical and philosophical section is devoted to presenting his main criticisms of Marxism and Bolshevism. Such as criticizing the Marxist philosophy of history, the psychological motives that drive man according to Marx, criticizing the Bolshevik vision of democracy, and refusing to repeat the Bolshevik experience in the West.
Russell presents his ideas to the average reader in a smooth manner without this meaning that he abandons the depth of treatment. Russell's experience and his relationship with a revolution he believed in and witnessed its failure may inspire many. Because it teaches them that changing the world for the better comes through honesty and criticism, and through learning from mistakes, and understanding those who committed them with idealism and courage.
What I chose was based on a combination of personal taste and conviction - which sought to be objective as much as possible - that these examples are worthy of introducing the wide reader to Adwan’s poetic personality. What also requires clarification is that the selection of poems over others was subject to a specific technical factor: that is, the replacement of long poems in favor of medium or short ones, in order to make room for the largest possible number of texts expressing the experience, and in a way that is proportionate to the proposed size of the selections.
Hopefully, these selections will succeed in recalling a lofty poetic stature, represented by “the free son of life,” “the one who exalts himself upon condescension,” bending “with the discipline of a soldier before a spike,” looking “sad and angry, at the perforated shoes of the poor,” biased “to her path filled with the dust of honor.” "; As Mahmoud Darwish expressed in his eulogy for Adwan.
"Your Life" is a motivational text that embraces the reader with a language close to the heart, written in the style of daily reflections or a friendly conversation in a gathering of warmth and affection. It does not introduce you to yourself through a traditional approach, but rather in an honest way, as if the author were sitting beside you, gently whispering: Live your experience with passion, for you deserve the best."
