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

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Twentieth-century Canada fostered a range of 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. Canadian Idealism and the Philosophy of Freedom contests this assumption by linking the works of C.B. Macpherson, George Grant, and Charles Taylor to demonstrate the presence of a Canadian intellectual tradition. Contents Acknowledgments Foreword • Jack Layton 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Canadian Idealism Part One: G.W.F. Hegel 3 Hegel’s Political Philosophy Part Two: C.B. Macpherson 4 Making Sense of Macpherson’s Liberal Marxism 5 Macpherson’s Third Way Part Three: George Grant 6 Grant’s “Hegelian Book” and Dreams on the Cusp 7 Grant’s Idealist Unfolding 8 Grant’s Conservative Retreat Part Four: Charles Taylor 9 Taylor’s Hegelian Remedy for the Modern Malaise 10 Taylor’s Hegelian Path to Autonomy 11 Taylor’s Freedom: Community and Self-Interpretation 12 Taylor’s Political Vision 13 Conclusion: The Legacy Postscript: In Response to Sibley’s Northern Spirits Notes Bibliography Index