Etsijäin seura by G. Lowes Dickinson
"Etsijäin seura" by G. Lowes Dickinson is a political-philosophical dialogue written in the early 20th century. It presents a fictional club of “seekers” whose members—public men, scientists, and artists—debate the nature of society and the state. Key voices include Lord Cantilupe the Tory traditionalist, Alfred Remenham the eloquent Liberal, Reuben Mendoza the hard-headed Conservative, and George Allison the pragmatic Socialist, each setting out a personal credo. The likely topic is a searching,
idea-driven clash over hierarchy, democracy, free trade, empire, and socialism, staged as a civil yet pointed symposium. The opening of this work introduces the club, the host-narrator’s country-house setting, and the device of “personal confessions” when Cantilupe arrives without a paper. Cantilupe defends inherited hierarchy, the gentleman-gentry state, skepticism of democracy and free trade, and a rooted rural order, explaining his retreat from politics. Remenham answers with a confident liberal credo—trust in popular sovereignty and change, institutions that grow with social forces, and free trade as nature’s exchange, culminating in a cosmopolitan “parliament of man.” Mendoza replies with sardonic realism, questioning pure freedom, praising cautious, empirical governance, prioritizing national strength, and foreseeing imperial federation rather than universal peace, before calling a reflective truce. The spell is broken when Allison begins a brisk socialist case for gradual, technocratic transformation via taxation, public ownership, and expert administration, extending to science, art, and religion under state guidance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes), 1862-1932 |
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| Translator | Tudeer, O. E. (Oskar Emil), 1850-1930 |
| Uniform Title | A modern symposium. Finnish |
| Title | Etsijäin seura |
| Original Publication | Helsinki: Otava, 1916. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | HN: Social sciences: Social history and conditions, Social problems |
| Subject | Social problems |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Social conditions |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76797 |
| Release Date | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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