Distributist Perspectives Volume I

by Sharpe, J. Forrest; O'Huallachain, D. Liam; Naylor, Thomas; Smith, Fr. Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780971828674
• ISBN10: 0971828679
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: IHS Press

Summary

The writings collected here are from a school of English thinkers in the 1930s and 1940s who were concerned about the desperate state of modern society. The writers include G. K. Chesterton, H. J. Massingham, Eric Gill, Hilaire Belloc, Herbert Shove, and Arthur Penty. They study various parts of the problem of capitalist society; the origins, benefits, and demerits of industrialism; the importance of art to society and its sufferance under capitalism; the size of commercial organization and its relevance to efficiency; the nature and purpose of work as a concept; and the crucial nature of understanding the present through real knowledge of the past.

Author Biography

John Sharpe received his degree in English from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, with emphases in political thought and history. He has authored prefaces to new editions of works by Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton. D.L. O'Huallachain studied European history and philosophy at Leicester and Winchester in England. He has authored introductions for new editions of works by Hilaire Belloc, Arthur Penty, and G. K. Chesterton.

Table of Contents

Reclaiming the Tradition: Introduction to the Distributist Perspectives Series	7	(10)
Averting Self-Destruction: A Twenty-First Century Appraisal of Distributism	17	(10)
Dr. Thomas H. Naylor
DISTRIBUTIST PERSPECTIVES I
Introduction	27	(8)
Fr. Lawrence C. Smith
On Knowing the Past	35	(5)
Hilaire Belloc
The Truth About Work	40	(6)
George Maxwell
On Organisation and Efficiency	46	(4)
G.K. Chesterton
The Growth of Industrialism	50	(11)
Cdr. Herbert Shove
Illustrations	58	(3)
The Buttress of Freedom	61	(7)
Harold Robbins
Painting and the Public	68	(8)
Eric Gill
And His Mental Exodus	76	(10)
Harold J. Massingham
Distributism: A Manifesto	86	(30)
Arthur J. Penty
Economic Principles	86	(14)
Historical Observations	100	(6)
Conclusion: Practical Applications	106	(10)
About the Authors	116