Canadian Idealism and the Philosophy of Freedom: C.B. Macpherson, George Grant, and Charles Taylor - Meynell, Robert

Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; 20th century Canada fostered many great minds, but the country's diversity and wide range of academic fields have led to their ideas being portrayed as the work of isolated thinkers. This book challenges this assumption by linking the works of C.B. Macpherson, George Grant, and Charles Taylor to demonstrate the presence of a Canadian intellectual tradition. While these three philosophers are very different in temperament and outlook, Robert Meynell reveals the shared subtexts of their political philosophy. He not only enriches our understanding of these three central figures but reconstitutes and rehabilitates the tradition of Hegelian ideas and influence in Canadian thought and shows how this tradition has helped shape some of the dominant assumptions behind the Canadian outlook and identity.
Near Fine
Soft cover
McGill-Queen's University Press
2011
Montreal, QC