The Search for an Ideal : : Six Canadian Intellectuals and their Convictions in an Age of Transition 1890–1930 /

The Search for an Ideal : : Six Canadian Intellectuals and their Convictions in an Age of Transition 1890–1930 / / S.E.D. Shortt.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Shortt, S.E.D.,
MitwirkendeR:
Cappon, James,
Hutton, Maurice,
MacMechan, Archibald,
Macphail, Andrew,
Mavor, James,
Shortt, Adam,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1976
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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