Northern Spirits
John Watson, George Grant, and Charles Taylor - Appropriations of Hegelian Political Thought
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2008
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773532694
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $125.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773533035
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773578036
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
The recovery of Watson's thought is particularly valuable. Sibley shows that Watson, an internationally respected philosopher in the early twentieth century, discussed idealism and support for imperialism in ways that are particularly relevant in our new age of empire. A consideration of Grant's relationship to Hegel illuminates what led Grant to declare that Canada was "impossible" in the age of technology. Sibley's comparison of Grant and Trudeau is both unexpected and intriguing. So, too, is his analysis of the "illiberal strands" in Taylor's "politics of recognition."
About the author
Robert Sibley, a senior writer with the Ottawa Citizen, has a Ph.D in political science from Carleton University.