Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins

Author: Murdo Macdonald

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An in depth exploration of Patrick Geddes's Scottish intellectual background

This book situates Patrick Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.

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An in depth exploration of Patrick Geddes's Scottish intellectual background

Description

Patrick Geddes is one of Scotland's most remarkable thinkers of the late-nineteenth century. His environmental and cultural message endures today, yet the distinctively Scottish context to his thinking has not been properly acknowledged. This book situates Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.
Key Features:
Explores Patrick Geddes Scottish intellectual background in depth for the first time;
Highlights Geddes's insistence on the importance of arts to sciences and vice versa, and the distinctively Scottish context of this approach;
Considers the interdisciplinary achievements of Geddes in Edinburgh, Dundee, Paris, London and India;
Pays particular attention to his leadership of the Celtic Revival both from a Scottish perspective and with respect to international links, in particular with Indian cultural revivalists such as Ananda Coomaraswamy.

Critic Reviews

“This definitive account illuminates Geddes the man, the thinker and the activist. Murdo Macdonald deals with the remarkable range of Geddes's ideas - in science, ecology, culture, history, town planning, and education. Professor Macdonald's own breadth and depth of scholarship is admirably matched to the richness of his subject.”

The fine new book, Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins... stresses Geddes's interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.--Ramachandra Guha "The Telegraph (Kolkata)"

About the Author

Murdo Macdonald is Emeritus Professor of History of Scottish Art at the University of Dundee. He was editor of Edinburgh Review from 1990-1994. He is author of Scottish Art in Thames and Hudson's World of Art series.