Chamberlain Reading George Grant in the 21st Century

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-44889-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 299 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism

George Grant (1918-1988) was one of Canada’s foremost public philosophers. Though his thought arose out of reflection on the history of political philosophy, pressing political concerns were never far from view. He was particularly adept at locating the causes of political developments in philosophical movements that were centuries in the making. This book reassesses his ideas in light of philosophical and political developments of recent decades, including the resurgence of nationalism, criticisms of globalization and technocracy, and the ideological realignments having a particularly noticeable effect on right-wing politics. The contemporary reader of Grant is thus able to reflect on his broader criticisms of modernity from within a slightly different historical articulation of modernity. Though George Grant died in 1988, the philosophical themes in his work remain relevant into the 21 century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chamberlain, Tyler

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: Conservatism and Political Philosophy

Chapter 2: Tradition or Progressivism? Edmund Burke and George Grant: Partners in Challenging Imperialism and Modernization?

Chapter 3: Grant, Anglo-Canadian Toryism and the deep critique of liberal modernity

Chapter 4: George Grant & Simone Weil: Armor Fati and Consenting to Otherness

Chapter 5: George Grant, Russel Kirk, and the American Technological Republic

Chapter 6: Title TBA

Chapter 7: Roger Scruton and George Grant: Ecology and The New Left

Chapter 8: The Competing Deus ex Machinas of George Grant and Heideggerian Political Thought

Chapter 9: Still Lamenting? Grantian Conservatism and Nationalism in the 21 Century

Part II: Democracy, Identity, and Global Politics

Chapter 10: Grant, Fukuyama, and the Abyss at the End of History

Chapter 11: George Grant and the Return of the Nation

Chapter 12: The Democratic Recession as Reversal or Fate of Modernity? A Grantian Perspective

Chapter 13: Between the Pincers: George Grant, Totalitarianism, and the Role of Political Science

Chapter 14: George Grant’s Reflection on Revolution

Chapter 15: Does progress need liberalism anymore? On George Grant’s Critique of technology

Chapter 16: George Grant and the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Triumph of Technology

Über Autor(innen)

Tyler Chamberlain lectures in political science and philosophy at various institutions including Trinity Western University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. His primary research interests are early modern political theory and Canadian political thought. He earned his Ph.D in Political Science from Carleton University in 2018.