BLISS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PROLOGUE 33
6. Part I. Politics and Morality
7. THE CHARACTER OF CANADA 43
8. MASS SOCIETY 50
9. EQUALITY AND THE NDP 58
10. CANADA AND NATIONALISM 76
11. THE VIETNAM WAR 83
12. THE UNITED STATES AS A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY 95
13. JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE 107
14. CANADA AND QUEBEC 122
15. CLASSICAL LIBERALISM 128
16. CONSERVATISM 133
17. BRITISH CONSERVATISM 138
18. LIBERALISM AND TYRANNY 141
19. FREE TRADE 150
20. Part 2. Philosophy and Education
21. PHILOSOPHY AND THE PERFECTION OF GOD 157
22. THE ROLE OF EDUCATION 173
23. RESIGNATION FROM YORK 187
24. THE MULTIVERSITY 190
25. RESEARCH AND RESIGNATION 200
26. Part 3. Thinking Their Thoughts
27. PLATO (427–369 B.C.) 207
28. ST AUGUSTINE (354–430 A.D.) 213
29. IMMANUEL KANT (1724–1804) 218
30. KARL MARX (1818–83) 226
31. SIMONE WEIL (1909–43) LEO STRAUSS (1899–1973) AND ALEXANDRE KOJÈVE (1902–68) 237
32. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (1844–1900) 279
33. MARTIN HEIDEGGER (1889–1976) 297
34. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712–78) 311
35. Part 4. George Grant on ... . Reviews and Essays
36. FRANCIS BACON (1561–1626) 321
37. BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872–1970) 322
38. SIGMUND FREUD (1856–1939) 334
39. CARL GUSTAV JUNG (1875–1961) 344
40. HAROLD ADAMS INNIS (1894–1952) 354
41. NORTHROP FRYE (1912–91) 357
42. DENNIS LEE (1939–) 361
43. LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE (LOUIS-FERDINAND DESTOUCHES) (1894–1961) 369
44. Part 5. Technology and Modernity
45. THE GOOD OR VALUES? 387
46. THE CIVILIZATION OF TECHNIQUE 394
47. AMERICA: A NEW WORLD 399
48. TECHNOLOGY AS WARNING 407
49. TECHNOLOGYAS ONTOLOGY 417
50. TECHNOLOGY AND FAITH 434
51. Part 6. The Beautiful and the Good
52. THE THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS 447
53. DEATH AS ABSENCE 453
54. THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE 456
55. BLISS 459
56. LOVE 461
57. Index 483