Biography, vol. 18, no. 3 (Summer 1995)
ARTICLES and ABSTRACTS
Weber's Wilson: Living Off Political Science, pp. 189-218
Marvin Rintala
The external success of his political science career did not give
Woodrow Wilson inner satisfaction. This failure can be explained
by applying Max Weber's distinction between living off and living
for one's work. Wilson lived off, but not also for, political
science, which had for him only instrumental, not inherent, value.
Marx and Keynes: The Primacy of Politics, pp. 219-227
David Felix
Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes saw themselves correctly as
great economists. Yet it can be shown that they were actively
political beings whose political ends dominated their ultimate
economic statements in Capital and The General Theory
of Employment, Interest and Money respectively, and indeed
contributed both to the genial vision and the deep flaws in these
works.
Chateaubriand and Gérard, pp. 228-240
Pierre H. Dubé
The relationship between Chateaubriand and the painter Gérard,
two giants of nineteenth-century France, is clouded in mystery.
Conventional wisdom has it that their respect for each other was
immense, and that Chateaubriand's selection of Gérard to
paint the famous portrait of Saint Theresa was the result of his
admiration for Gérard's genius. However, a close examination
of the correspondence, memoirs, and journals of both men reveals
that it was really their affection for Madame Récamier,
more than any other factor, that was responsible for their association
and for Chateaubriand's commissioning of Gérard.
An Australian Pacifist: The Reverend Dr. Charles Strong,
1844-1942, pp. 241-253
Malcolm Saunders
The Reverend Dr. Charles Strong was the leading pioneer of the
Australian peace movement. A Christian pacifist, his contribution
to the establishment and growth of that movement during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was enormous. His involvement
in peace-related activity spanned a period of the more than half
a century from the Sudan campaign of 1885 to the Second World
War.
RESPONSES and REVlEWS, pp. 254-267
Section includes responses to articles published in Biography
and new book reviews.
REVIEWED ELSEWHERE, pp. 268-280
Extracts of reviews of biographies published in other sources.
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