The George Grant Reader

Author: Grant George;Christian William;Grant Sheila  

Publisher: University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year: 1998

E-ISBN: 9781442681361

Subject: B0 Philosophical Theory;D09 in the history of politics, political history

Keyword: 政治学史、政治思想史,哲学理论

Language: ENG

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Grant was a prolific writer, engaged by subjects ranging from Canadian politics to ancient philosophy. The first book to bring together a comprehensive selection of his work, allowing readers to sample the whole range of his interests in one volume.

Chapter

Part I. Politics and Morality

THE CHARACTER OF CANADA

MASS SOCIETY

EQUALITY AND THE NDP

CANADA AND NATIONALISM

THE VIETNAM WAR

THE UNITED STATES AS A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY

JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE

CANADA AND QUEBEC

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM

CONSERVATISM

BRITISH CONSERVATISM

LIBERALISM AND TYRANNY

FREE TRADE

Part 2. Philosophy and Education

PHILOSOPHY AND THE PERFECTION OF GOD

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION

RESIGNATION FROM YORK

THE MULTIVERSITY

RESEARCH AND RESIGNATION

Part 3. Thinking Their Thoughts

PLATO (427–369 B.C.)

ST AUGUSTINE (354–430 A.D.)

IMMANUEL KANT (1724–1804)

KARL MARX (1818–83)

SIMONE WEIL (1909–43) LEO STRAUSS (1899–1973) AND ALEXANDRE KOJÈVE (1902–68)

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844–1900)

MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1889–1976)

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712–78)

Part 4. George Grant on ... . Reviews and Essays

FRANCIS BACON (1561–1626)

BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872–1970)

SIGMUND FREUD (1856–1939)

CARL GUSTAV JUNG (1875–1961)

HAROLD ADAMS INNIS (1894–1952)

NORTHROP FRYE (1912–91)

DENNIS LEE (1939–)

LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE (LOUIS-FERDINAND DESTOUCHES) (1894–1961)

Part 5. Technology and Modernity

THE GOOD OR VALUES?

THE CIVILIZATION OF TECHNIQUE

AMERICA: A NEW WORLD

TECHNOLOGY AS WARNING

TECHNOLOGYAS ONTOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY AND FAITH

Part 6. The Beautiful and the Good

THE THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS

DEATH AS ABSENCE

THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE

BLISS

LOVE

Index

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