This book situates Patrick Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as â the democratic intellectâ ) and explores the relevance of that background to Geddesâ s substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.
This book situates Patrick Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as â the democratic intellectâ ) and explores the relevance of that background to Geddesâ s substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.
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.
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Chapter 1 Patrick Geddes and the Scottish Intellectual Tradition A generalist among generalists Disciplines and interdisciplinarity Visual thinking and interdisciplinarity Presbyterianism and interdisciplinarity Art and science Chapter 2 Geography, History and Place Ballater and Perth The Black Watch Garden and world Dundee, Edinburgh and London France and Mexico Chapter 3 Arts, Crafts and Social Reform Edinburgh in the 1880s The Edinburgh Social Union James Mavor and The Scottish Arts Review The Arts and Crafts Congress of 1889 Chapter 4 Patrick Geddes, D'Arcy Thompson and the Early Years of University College Dundee The Dundee Naturalists' Society Patronage for a Professor Chapter 5 Education, Anarchism and Celtic Revival in Edinburgh University Hall: buildings as interdisciplinary education A party with Kropotkin The New Evergreen Chapter 6 Manifestos in Word and Image The murals of Ramsay Garden The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal Chapter 7 Models of Celticism The Celtic Library William Sharp and Alexander Carmichael Chapter 8 Interdisciplinarity and Cultural Revival An international summer meeting The Outlook Tower as generalist college Chapter 9 Paris 1900: Local Revival as Global Project The Paris Universal Exhibition Looking to India: Geddes, Vivekananda and Nivedita Chapter 10 City Development as Interdisciplinary Project The Dunfermline Plan: institutes of science, history and art Cities in evolution Chapter 11 Ecological Research in Dundee Ecology as a science: Geddes's students and Bartholomew's mapping The British Association Meeting of 1912 Chapter 12 Dramatising the Past and Informing the Future Masques of learning Saint Columba as point of reference Coomaraswamy, Indian art, and Celticism Encyclopaedias and colleges Publishing and the masques Chapter 13 Looking East Baha'ism and Theosophy Celtic revival and Bengali revival Scottish interdisciplinarity in Indian reflection Sunwise turn and dance of Shiva Chapter 14 A Farewell Lecture Moving on from Dundee An Italian coda Appendix 1 Patrick Geddes: a visual primer in ten images Appendix 2 List of Murdo Macdonald's writings about Patrick Geddes and his milieu
Chapter 1 Patrick Geddes and the Scottish Intellectual Tradition A generalist among generalists Disciplines and interdisciplinarity Visual thinking and interdisciplinarity Presbyterianism and interdisciplinarity Art and science Chapter 2 Geography, History and Place Ballater and Perth The Black Watch Garden and world Dundee, Edinburgh and London France and Mexico Chapter 3 Arts, Crafts and Social Reform Edinburgh in the 1880s The Edinburgh Social Union James Mavor and The Scottish Arts Review The Arts and Crafts Congress of 1889 Chapter 4 Patrick Geddes, D'Arcy Thompson and the Early Years of University College Dundee The Dundee Naturalists' Society Patronage for a Professor Chapter 5 Education, Anarchism and Celtic Revival in Edinburgh University Hall: buildings as interdisciplinary education A party with Kropotkin The New Evergreen Chapter 6 Manifestos in Word and Image The murals of Ramsay Garden The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal Chapter 7 Models of Celticism The Celtic Library William Sharp and Alexander Carmichael Chapter 8 Interdisciplinarity and Cultural Revival An international summer meeting The Outlook Tower as generalist college Chapter 9 Paris 1900: Local Revival as Global Project The Paris Universal Exhibition Looking to India: Geddes, Vivekananda and Nivedita Chapter 10 City Development as Interdisciplinary Project The Dunfermline Plan: institutes of science, history and art Cities in evolution Chapter 11 Ecological Research in Dundee Ecology as a science: Geddes's students and Bartholomew's mapping The British Association Meeting of 1912 Chapter 12 Dramatising the Past and Informing the Future Masques of learning Saint Columba as point of reference Coomaraswamy, Indian art, and Celticism Encyclopaedias and colleges Publishing and the masques Chapter 13 Looking East Baha'ism and Theosophy Celtic revival and Bengali revival Scottish interdisciplinarity in Indian reflection Sunwise turn and dance of Shiva Chapter 14 A Farewell Lecture Moving on from Dundee An Italian coda Appendix 1 Patrick Geddes: a visual primer in ten images Appendix 2 List of Murdo Macdonald's writings about Patrick Geddes and his milieu
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