|
by: Margaret Canovan
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780151357000
ISBN: 0151357005
Label: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 175
Publication Date: 1977
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Sales Rank: 1315372
Studio: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - An English Rush Limbaugh?
He was a "populist intellectual, although of a thoroughly antiintellectualist kind." (p. 8) I do not know that anyone called him a "Big fat idiot". Of course Rush is more political and Chesterton more Christian. "Beer and Liberty versus Soap and Socialism" is the title of chapter 3. I think this book makes a good case for the comparison! There is kind of an odd Epilogue that makes more use of Peter Berger (one of my favorites!) to point out the value of a populist. On the whole, this is a good book ... Read More
Rating: - Very good review of Chesterton's politics and populism
The author does a fine job here of critiquing Gilbert Keith Chesterton and his political and social views. She glances briefly at his fiction novels and shows how they help illuminate his populism and then proceeds to study Chesterton's own political writings. She does a fine job of explaining his thoughts and arguments and his populism, unusual in England at that time. The Chesterton wit is as evident as always in this study, with numerous fine and intelligent quotes. The author studies how ... Read More
|
