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Kenneth C. Dewar’s latest biography of Frank Underhill and the Politics of Ideas is reviewed in this month’s issue of the Literary Review of Canada:
“This is a valuable book, both for what it says about Underhill’s ideas and their development, and for what it reveals about the context in which they developed. An important part of its value, however, lies in its demonstration of the relevance of those ideas today. Dewar’s book should be compulsory reading for politicians and political commentators.”
The full review, “Restless Gadfly“, is available online (mind the paywall) and in the print June 2015 issue.
And don’t let the title fool you! Philip Marchand’s National Post review of Dewar’s book, “But does Canadian history have to be so boring?“, shows that Frank Underhill’s life and career were anything but boring. More >
Frank Underhill (1889-1971) practically invented the role of public intellectual in English Canada through his journalism, essays, teaching, and political activity. He became one of the country’s most controversial figures in the middle of the twentieth century by confronting the central political issues of his time and by actively working to reform the Canadian political landscape.
In Frank Underhill and the Politics of Ideas, Kenneth Dewar demonstrates how Underhill’s thought evolved from his days as a student at Toronto and Oxford, to his drafting of the Regina Manifesto – the founding platform of the leftist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation – to his support of his long-time friend Lester Pearson’s Liberals in the 1960s. Not willing to be bound by partisan loyalties, his later shift toward the political centre dismayed many of his former allies.
Intelligently written and thoroughly researched, Frank Underhill and the Politics of Ideas delivers important insights into twentieth-century political life and innumerable lessons for twenty-first century Canada.
“Ken Dewar has done us all a service by bringing Frank Underhill to life in this book.” – Bob Rae, from the foreword
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