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"The all-star cast of contributors in this collection is a truly impressive assembly. Many are widely know and will be familiar to the reader. All of them have influenced public affairs in Canada as doers as well as thinkers and they span the ideological spectrum. With them, we explore and exam...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wiseman, Nelson, 1946- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Temas:
Intellectuals > Canada.
Intellectuels > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Canadian.
Intellectual life.
Intellectuals.
Canada > Intellectual life.
Canada > Vie intellectuelle.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Nelson Wiseman (University of Toronto)
  • Part I: What Are Public Intellectuals For? The Public Intellectual and the Democratic Conversation / Janice Gross Stein (University of Toronto)
  • The Public Intellectual and Politics: Why Choices Matter / Hugh Segal (Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism)
  • Public Thought and the Crisis of Underpopulation / Doug Saunders (Globe and Mail's European Bureau Chief)
  • What Are Intellectuals For? A Modest Proposal in Dialogue Form / Mark Kingwell (University of Toronto).
  • Part II: Who Are They? Public Intellectuals in Twentieth-Century Canada / Nelson Wiseman Le Devoir, Forum for the Exchange of Ideas
  • / Gregory Baum (University of Toronto, McGill University)
  • Quebec Public Intellectuals in Times of Crisis / Alain-G. Gagnon (Universite du Quebec a Montreal)
  • Navigating Gendered Spaces: Women as Public Intellectuals / Sylvia Bashevkin (University of Toronto).
  • Part III: On the Front Lines. A Political Scientist in Public Affairs / Tom Flanagan (University of Calgary)
  • Personal Success vs. Public Failure: The Muting of Canada's Academic Intellectuals / Stephen Clarkson (University of Toronto)
  • Polling for Democracy / Michael Adams (Marketing Research and Intelligence Association)
  • A People's Intellectual / Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians, Blue Planet Project)
  • Canadian Economists as Public Intellectuals / Pierre Fortin (Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)
  • The Unbalanced Discussion of Aboriginal Policy / John Richards (Simon Fraser University)
  • "Brave New Ethicists": A Cautionary Tale / Margaret Somerville (McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law) Conclusion / Nelson Wiseman (University of Toronto).

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