George Grant : : A Biography / / William Christian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Christian, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (495 p.)

George Grant's Lament for a Nation and Technology and Empire inspired a generation of Canadians. This critically acclaimed biography of one of Canada?s most controversial philosophical, religious, and political thinkers draws on his many letters, private papers, and published writings to portray a man who has been described as `the most formidable combination of personality and intellect Canada has produced.?.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Preface -- 1. They'd prefer ice-cream -- 2. Work for King and Country -- 3. Willie's boy -- 4. Somebody might like me for myself -- 5. An ambitious little pragmatist -- 6. Mysterious forces within man -- 7. Take what you want said God Take it and pay for it -- 8. It was easy to lose courage -- 9. Exploring the universe -- 10. The solid basis of qualifications -- 11. Listening to Mozart - I felt such love -- 12. Out of the shadows into truth -- 13. No satisfactory compromise was possible -- 14. Old and dirty and fat -- 15. The fifth column -- 16. Simone Weil -- 17. Lament -- 18. A lone wolf -- 19. Intimations of deprival -- 20. The botched and the bungled -- 21. Museum culture -- 22. Caught up in fates -- 23. Christ's care is for all -- 24. Out of Christian certainties -- 25. No great disaster -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Sources -- Archival and interview sources -- Works mentioned in text or notes -- Selected secondary sources -- Bibliography of George Grant's Publications -- Index -- Photo credits