• About Communio

Communio News

~ News and events at Communio: International Catholic Review

Communio News

Category Archives: George Grant

George Grant. In Defense of North America

20 Saturday Oct 2012

Posted by Communio in America, George Grant

≈ Comments Off on George Grant. In Defense of North America

From the archives:

George Grant. In Defense of North America (Communio 38: Summer 2011, reprinted from 1969).

From the text:

Indeed until recently the very absence of a contemplative tradition spared us the full weight of that public nihilism which in Europe flowered with industrial society. The elimination of the idea of final purpose from the scientific study of the human and nonhuman things not only led to the progress of science and the improvement of conditions but also had consequences on the public understanding of what it was to live. But this consequence was not so immediately evident in our practical culture as it was to Europeans. We took our science pragmatically, as if its effect on us could be limited to the external. Thus it was possible for us to move deeply into the technological society, while maintaining our optimism and innocence.

In the public realm, this optimism and innocence delayed the appearance among us of many of those disorders which in Europe were concurrent with that nihilism. . . . full text (PDF)

GEORGE GRANT (1918-1988), one of Canada’s foremost philosophers, was the author of six books, more than 200 articles, and numerous other publications. This article was originally published in his Technology and Empire (1969).

Advertisement
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Search

Current Issue: Liturgy and Culture (Winter 2012)

Communio, a journal of Catholic theology and culture, was founded in 1972 by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Joseph Ratzinger, Henri de Lubac, and Jean Danielou, among others.
The journal is present in 16 countries and languages. The English-language edition of Communio is located in Washington, D.C. and is published quarterly.

Communio home • Subscribe • Back Issues • Author Index • Editors • Contact Us

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 119 other subscribers

Recent Posts

  • A Meditation by John Paul II, translated for the first time in English
  • Hurry! Sale ends January 31!
  • SALE: 50% Off and Free Book!
  • New website is up and running!
  • Introduction to Winter 2012 issue on “Liturgy and Culture”
  • Thank you, Pope Benedict XVI
  • Introduction to Fall 2012 issue on “Death”
  • George Grant. In Defense of North America
  • Juan Sara: Secular Institutes According to Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • David Crawford: Benedict XVI and the Structure of the Moral Act: On the Condoms Controversy

Archives

  • March 2015
  • January 2014
  • November 2013
  • June 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • July 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • January 2012
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010

Categories

  • Adrian Walker (4)
  • Adrienne von Speyr (1)
  • Advent (1)
  • America (1)
  • Angelo Scola (2)
  • Anglican (2)
  • Antonio López (1)
  • Art (4)
  • Back Issues (1)
  • Balthasar (3)
  • Benedict XVI (13)
  • Canada (1)
  • Caritas in Veritate (6)
  • Celibacy (2)
  • Chaucer (1)
  • Claudel (2)
  • Conference (2)
  • Conferences (1)
  • Congdon (1)
  • Consecrated Life (2)
  • Contraception (2)
  • David Crawford (5)
  • David L. Schindler (7)
  • DC Schindler (4)
  • De Lubac (1)
  • Death (1)
  • Easter (1)
  • Ecclesiam Apostolicam (1)
  • Economics (3)
  • Education (1)
  • Europe (1)
  • Evangelical Counsels (1)
  • Experience (7)
  • Family (4)
  • Fatherhood (1)
  • George Grant (1)
  • Giussani (2)
  • Guardini (1)
  • Hanby (2)
  • Hans Küng (1)
  • Hans Urs von Balthasar (13)
  • Holy Week (2)
  • International (5)
  • Jörg Splett (1)
  • Jean-Pierre Batut (1)
  • John Paul II (2)
  • Jose Granados (2)
  • Juan Sara (1)
  • Kereszty (1)
  • Literature (7)
  • Liturgy (2)
  • Magic Flute (1)
  • Marc Ouellet (4)
  • Marriage (1)
  • Massimo Camisasca (1)
  • Michael Hanby (1)
  • Money (5)
  • Moral Theology (4)
  • Mozart (2)
  • Music (2)
  • Mysteries of the Life of Jesus (3)
  • Natural Law (1)
  • Nature of the Church (1)
  • Newman (3)
  • Nicholas J. Healy Jr. (1)
  • Ouellet (3)
  • Peguy (2)
  • Philosophy (4)
  • Politics (2)
  • Ratzinger (12)
  • Robert Spaemann (1)
  • Roberto Graziotto (1)
  • Same-Sex Unions (1)
  • Science (2)
  • Scripture (1)
  • Secular Institutes (1)
  • Silence (5)
  • St. Joseph (1)
  • Study Circles (1)
  • Technology (1)
  • The Paschal Mystery (2)
  • Tolkien (1)
  • Transfiguration (2)
  • Uncategorized (9)
  • Vatican II (2)
  • War (1)
  • Wendell Berry (3)
  • Work (4)

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Communio News
    • Join 119 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Communio News
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d bloggers like this: