The "historical solution" versus the "philosophical solution": the political commentary of Christopher Dawson and Jacques Maritain, 1927-1939.(Biography) From: Journal of the History of Ideas | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Carter, Stephen G. | COPYRIGHT 2008 University of Pennsylvania Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Historians of twentieth-century Catholicism can agree that the English historian Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) and the French philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) were two of the most widely read Catholic writers during the twentieth century. Between them they produced over ninety books and hundreds of articles, many of which were read and discussed in countries all over the world by a diverse audience made up of Catholics and non-Catholics. Dawson was trained at Trinity Colle...