The Search for an Ideal : : Six Canadian Intellectuals and their Convictions in an Age of Transition 1890–1930 / / S.E.D. Shortt.
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Shortt, S.E.D., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Search for an Ideal : Six Canadian Intellectuals and their Convictions in an Age of Transition 1890–1930 / S.E.D. Shortt. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1976 1 online resource (228 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- THE SEARCH FOR AN IDEAL -- 1. Introduction: 'A Search for an Ideal' -- 2. The Ideal in Nature -- 3. Romantic Idealist -- 4. The Ideal in Culture -- 5. Classical-Christian Idealist -- 6. The Emergence of the Social Scientist -- 7. The Empirical Ideal -- 8. Conclusion: Conviction in an Age of Transition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Within the context of the debate between idealism and empiricism, this book studies the ideas of six representative Canadian intellectuals of the late Victorian era. These six were chosen primarily because of their ideas on contemporary social questions -- views which may cast disconcerting light on certain aspects of present-day Canadian society. All were academics, and shared a common recognition of social issues and a similar self-image, yet they were hardly a homogenous group: they were individuals who expressed their own unique attitudes rather than a collective viewpoint. Sir Andrew Macphail, professor of the history of medicine at McGill, was fascinated by the social implications of evolutionary naturalism. For Archibald MacMechan, professor of English at Dalhousie, British authors of the nineteenth century provided a romantic idealism that accurately defined man's place in the universe. Another professor English, James Cappon of Queen's, built much of his thought, whether on imperialism or on literature, around a concept of culture similar to that of Matthew Arnold. Plato tempered with Christianity appeared to be a reliable philosophical guide to Maurice Hutton, professor of classics at the University of Toronto. Political economist Adam Shortt of Queen's University found much to admire in the ideas of John Stuart Mill; his counterpart at Toronto, James Mavor, borrowed many of his attitudes from British and French positivism. Each man is the subject of a chapter constituting of three parts: a biographical section, a consideration of the essential core of his belief -- his view of man, God, and the universe -- and an examination of how his background and philosophy fround express in his ideas about culture and society. No attempt is made to document the influence of the ideas of these academics for, as they themselves asserted, they were essentially moralists, not men of action. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) HISTORY / Historiography. bisacsh Cappon, James, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Hutton, Maurice, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb MacMechan, Archibald, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Macphail, Andrew, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Mavor, James, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Shortt, Adam, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487583804 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487583804 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487583804.jpg |
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