Collected Works of George Grant: Volume 2 (1951-1959)

During his lifetime, George Grant influenced a broad cross-section of Canadians, urging them to think more deeply about matters of social justice and individual responsibility. He wrote on subjects as diverse as technology, abortion, Canadian politics and nationalism, and the war in Vietnam, and was claimed equally by rightist and leftist causes. Years after his death, George Grant’s writings continue to stimulate, challenge and inspire. Grant’s legacy includes six books and more than 200 articles, as well as numerous broadcast transcripts, extensive correspondence, and a wealth of unpublished lectures, essays and notes. In this volume, Arthur Davis has collected material from the 1950s when Grant did his first teaching and writing at Dalhousie University. Through this projected eight-volume series, Grant’s published and unpublished writings, including his complete correspondence, will be brought together. The texts are annotated, and each volume includes an introduction to the period that it covers. The series should not only make it possible to see the whole pattern of Grant’s thought, but should also invite a reconsideration of the nature and importance of his work. George Grant is one of the most important Canadian philosophers of the later 20th century, and his collected writings contribute to Canadian political thought and Canadian history.