Gad Horowitz (born 1936) is a Canadian

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. He is a professor emeritus at the

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Biography

Horowitz was born in Jerusalem in 1936 and immigrated to Canada at the age of 2. His father Rabbi Aaron Horowitz, was a prominent member of the

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ish community and a key figure in founding

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in Canada. He grew up in

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, and

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. Horowitz earned his

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degree from United College. He earned his

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degree from

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in 1959, writing his

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on ''Mosca and Mills: ''Ruling Class'' and ''Power Elite. He earned his

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degree from

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in 1965, writing his thesis on ''Canadian in Politics: The Trade Unions and the CCF-NDP, 1937–62'', with

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as his advisor. Horowitz has specialized in labour theory, and most notably coined the appellation ''

Red Tory A Red Tory is an adherent of a centre to centre-right or paternalistic-conservative political philosophy derived from the Tory tradition, most predominantly in Canada but also in the United Kingdom and Australia. This philosophy tends to fa ...

'' in his application of Louis Hartz's fragment theory to Canadian political culture and ideological development, in his essay "Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism in Canada: An Interpretation" (in the ''

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'', 32, 2 (1966): 143–71). The use of this appellation differentiates traditional Canadian Toryism from the powerful

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elements that began to emerge in the Conservative Party after the

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, but it has applications to conservative parties in other countries where "Tory" acceptance of state enterprises, the

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, and other institutions seen as expressions of national character conflicts with "liberal" or "neoliberal" rejection of state intervention in the economy. Horowitz was a member of the editorial board of ''

Canadian Dimension ''Canadian Dimension'' (''CD'') is a Canadian left-wing magazine founded in 1963 by Cy Gonick, and published out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, four times a year. It reported a circulation of 3,500 copies in 2013. ''Canadian Dimension'' is a forum for l ...

'' in its early days, and a frequent contributor to that magazine. Horowitz teaches a class at the

entitled The Spirit of Democratic Citizenship which revolves around

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, a non- Aristotelian educational discipline first theorized by Polish

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. A 21-part video series calle
'Radical General Semantics'
has been made of his lectures.

Selected bibliography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horowitz, Gad 1936 births 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian writers 20th-century scholars Canadian political scientists Canadian political philosophers Harvard University alumni Jewish Canadian writers Jews in Mandatory Palestine Living people Mandatory Palestine emigrants to Canada McGill University alumni People from Jerusalem University of Manitoba alumni University of Toronto faculty Writers from Toronto Jews from Quebec Canadian people of Palestinian-Jewish descent