Wesley Canvess
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Mr. Wesley Canvess | |
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| File:P1781n464flfk1v72o391s101lh40 16128.jpg Wesley Canvess gives a lecture in Oured, D.A. shortly before his death in early October 2003. | |
| Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Arkania University | |
| In office December 4th, 1968 – March 7th, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Jacen Hasemann |
| Succeeded by | Mordecai Foxman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28th, 1920 Port Adrian, Arkania |
| Died | October 17th, 2003 Oured, D.A., United Republic of Emmeria |
| Nationality | Belhavian |
| Political party | United Left Party (1945 - 1961) Liberal Democratic Party (1961 - 2003) |
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| Residence(s) | Port Adrian and Provisa |
| Alma mater | B.A., Philosophy, Callas Liberal Arts College PhD., Arkania University, Marcus Grale School of Philosophy |
| Profession | Philosopher, Social Commentator, Political Activist |
Wesley G. Canvess, PhD. (February 28, 1920 - October 17, 2003) was a prominent philosopher, social commenter, and political activist on the Belhavian left known for his caustic criticism of Belhavian society and politics, as well as being a leader in the modern-day Skepticism school of thought in contemporary philosophy.
His anti-authority and leftist political leanings evolved from his experience under the Galarian Regime, where his family was put to death for defying the regime by organizing workers and promoting trade unionism. In the post-Galarian era, he became a professor of philosophy who explored currents in Skeptic thought as well as wrote extensively against the authoritarianism and conservative/reactionary nature of the Galarian period.
He was a leading proponent of the anti-authority movement that had great influence on society, politics, and among Imperial youths in the late 1960s and 1970s, using his post as chair of the Arkania University philosophy department to actively create a hippy culture.
In reaction to his early adulthood under the Galarian dictatorship and later in the early 1980s under the so-called "Settas Revolution" realignment of Imperial politics back to the political right, Canvess became a fierce social critic and political commentator of the Empire. His 1984 book Narcissistic Society Par Excellence: Why Belhavia Is a Country of Hypocrisy sparked a popular uproar of his incendiary criticism of all facets of Belhavian life and Canvess fled to Emmeria after the Settas Administration sought to arrest him for Marxist politicking, a violation of the so-called White Terror laws.
For the rest of his life, he rarely left the United Republic. He started guest lecturing at Emmerian universities. He died of cardiac arrest at age 83.
Among some of his most widely-read works include The Almania Elite: How Belhavia is Ruled By the Rich, Powerful, and Right-wing and On Skepticism and Other Contemporary Philosophical Thought. He famously coined the phrase of Almania College and Imperial Provisa University being "the breeding ground of the Belhavian elite."