UID:
almafu_9959265947902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442675285
Content:
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.?.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Chronology --
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Preface --
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1. They'd prefer ice-cream --
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2. Work for King and Country --
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3. Willie's boy --
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4. Somebody might like me for myself --
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5. An ambitious little pragmatist --
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6. Mysterious forces within man --
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7. Take what you want said God Take it and pay for it --
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8. It was easy to lose courage --
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9. Exploring the universe --
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10. The solid basis of qualifications --
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11. Listening to Mozart - I felt such love --
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12. Out of the shadows into truth --
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13. No satisfactory compromise was possible --
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14. Old and dirty and fat --
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15. The fifth column --
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16. Simone Weil --
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17. Lament --
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18. A lone wolf --
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19. Intimations of deprival --
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20. The botched and the bungled --
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21. Museum culture --
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22. Caught up in fates --
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23. Christ's care is for all --
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24. Out of Christian certainties --
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25. No great disaster --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Sources --
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Archival and interview sources --
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Works mentioned in text or notes --
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Selected secondary sources --
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Bibliography of George Grant's Publications --
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Index --
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Photo credits
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442675285
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675285
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675285
