Eugene A. Forsey
Subtitle: an intellectual biography
By: by Frank Milligan.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Calgary
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Forsey, Eugene Alfred, 1904-; Forsey, Eugene Alfred, 1904-; Canada. Parliament. Senate -- Biography.; Canadian Labour Congress -- Biography.; Canada. Parlement. Sénat -- Biographies.; Legislators -- Canada -- Biography.; Social reformers -- Canada -- Biography.; Réformateurs sociaux -- Canada -- Biographies.; Parlementaires -- Canada -- Biographies.; Canada -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Canada -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: "In this unusual biography of one of Canada's most well-known public figures, Milligan traces the intellectual foundations on which Forsey's world-view was constructed. Starting with his middle-class Ottawa upbringing, Forsey's philosophical pilgrimage was the product of a deep allegiance to a Christian social gospel, exposure to the radical politics of the labour movement and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and a profound reverence for British Tory constitutionalism." "By studying Forsey's beliefs, both religious and political, Milligan unearths the philosophical underpinnings of many of Canada's early twentieth-century political, economic, religious, and social reform movements."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-300) and index.