George Grant : A Biography.
Christian, William.
George Grant : A Biography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (522 pages)
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.
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.
9781442675285
Electronic books.
B995.G724 C475 1994
191 B
George Grant : A Biography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (522 pages)
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.
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.
9781442675285
Electronic books.
B995.G724 C475 1994
191 B