A prefatory comment from Professor Rowan…. Re-reading this 22 years later (2013) leaves me still confident of the relevance of its message. I change nothing, though my uneasiness concerning the future of Arts One itself may have been too strong, … Read More
Writings of Bob Rowan
A Guide to Plato’s Republic: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
Posted onA GUIDE TO PLATO’S REPUBLIC R. J. Rowan Department of Philosophy University of British Columbia 1975 Introduction With Plato we are back at the beginning. Rarely, perhaps never, has an area of systematic inquiry felt the stamp of its … Read More
Conscientious Objection: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
Posted onOn Conscientious Objection As you read this essay you will soon recognize that it heavily reflects its period of writing (completed in late 1968). WWII was only 23 years ago, the US was beginning to wind down its disastrous war … Read More
Democracy, Education and Philosophy: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
Posted onPreface This set of dialogues was delivered on a CBC radio series over twelve weeks. I wrote and then read these aloud for broadcast, my voice trying to play both “parts”. To some surprise, it went over quite well. Nothing … Read More
The Retreat From Politics: the Writing and Speeches of Bob Rowan
Posted onTHE RETREAT FROM POLITICS R. J. Rowan Delivered to the Vancouver Institute – January 31, 1970 I am far from supposing that I’m the first or will be the last to suffer the special embarrassment which I presently feel. Putting … Read More
