George Grant : A Biography.

By:

Christian, William

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442675285

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: George GrantDDC classification:

191 B

LOC classification:

B995.G724 C475 1994

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Contents:

Intro -- 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 -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- PHOTO CREDITS.

Summary: George Grant's Lament for a Nation and Technology and Empire inspired a generation of Canadians. This readable biography revels in the life of a fascinating religious and political thinker, warts, gossip and all.

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George Grant's Lament for a Nation and Technology and Empire inspired a generation of Canadians. This readable biography revels in the life of a fascinating religious and political thinker, warts, gossip and all.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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