More Lost Massey Lectures: Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers

George Grant, Frank H. Underhill

House of Anansi, 2008 - Political Science - 398 pages

A broadcasting fixture for more than 45 years and CanadaÕs preeminent public lecture series, the CBC's Massey Lectures feature provocative talks on pressing topics by major contemporary thinkers. Some of the seriesÕ finest lectures have been lost for many years, unavailable to the public in any form Ñ until now. More Lost Massey Lectures presents recently rediscovered talks: Nobel Prize-winner Willy Brandt discusses the dangerous inequities between developing and industrialized nations while Barbara Ward explains the origin and predicament of underdeveloped countries and Frank Underhill speaks on the deficiencies of the Canadian constitution. George Grant's talk on the worsening predicament of the West through an examination of Friedrich Nietzsche is joined by Claude Levi-Strauss on the nature of myth and its role in human history. Not only of considerable historical significance, these lectures remain hugely relevant in the 21st century. Also included is an introduction by veteran CBC producer Bernie Lucht.

Contents

• Originations: 3
• The Poor Nations 22 42 61 81: 22
• Communisms Blueprint: 42
• The Economics of Development: 61
• The Politics of Development: 81
• Not By Bread Alone: 102
• The Image of Confederation by Frank H Underhill: 121
• The New Nationality: 123
• The First Fine Careless Rapture: 137
• History Against Geography: 150
• Canadas Relations with Britain: 164
• FrenchEnglish Relations in Canada: 179
• Conclusions: 194
• Time as History by George Grant: 209
• Chapter One: 211
• Chapter Two: 221
• Chapter Three: 234
• Chapter Four: 247
• Chapter Five: 262
• Myth and Meaning by CLAUDE LÉVISTRAUSS: 275
• The Matter of World Survival by WILLY BRANDT: 317
• Survival: 333
• Notes: 377
• Further Reading: 385
• About the Lectures and Lecturers: 395

About the author

Barbara Ward (1914-81), in later life Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer concerned with the economic and ideological background of contemporary world politics. After studying economics at Oxford University, she became a writer and editor atThe Economist. She was an early advocate of sustainable development and was an influential advisor to policy-makers in the U.K., the U.S., the Vatican, the UN, and the World Bank. She wrote numerous articles and books on the worldwide threat of poverty among less-developed countries and the importance of conservation. Her prolific written contributions to the development debate includeThe International Share-Out, Defence of the West, Policy for the West, Faith and Freedom, Interplay of East and West, The Planet under Pressure, Nationalism and Ideology, Spaceship Earth,andProgress for a Small Planet(1979).

Frank Underhill (1885-1971) was a Canadian historian, social critic, and political thinker. He studied at the University of Toronto and Oxford University. He taught at the University of Saskatchewan from 1914 to 1927, and from 1927 to 1995 he was a professor of History at the University of Toronto. He played a notable part in the political life of Canada as a founder of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and as a prominent member of the League for Social Reconstruction. His publications includeIn Search of Canadian Liberalism, a volume of essays for which he received the Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction in 1961. In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

George Grant (1918-88) has been acknowledged as Canada's leading political philosopher. He taught religion and philosophy at McMaster University and Dalhousie University. His books includePhilosophy in the Mass Age, Lament for a Nation, English-Speaking Justice, Technology and JusticeandTechnology and Empire.

Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009) was a French social anthropologist who became a leading scholar in the structural approach to social anthropology. Levi-Strauss was awarded the Wenner-Gren Foundation's Viking Fund Medal in 1966 and the Erasmus Prize in 1975. He was awarded several honorary doctorate degrees from prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia. His books includedA World on the Wane, Structural Anthropology, The Savage Mind, Anthropologu and Myth,andLook, Listen, Read.

Bibliographic information

• Title: More Lost Massey Lectures: Recovered Classics from Five Great Thinkers; CBC Massey Lecture
• Authors: George Grant, Frank H. Underhill
• Contributors: Barbara Ward, Bernie Lucht
• Publisher: House of Anansi, 2008
• ISBN: 088784801X, 9780887848018
• Length: 398 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / American / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Political Ideologies / General