In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Mtis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an increasingly ineffective elite, a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. It is critical that we recognize these aspects of the country in order to rethink it's future.
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JOHN RALSTON SAUL is Canada's leading public intellectual. Declared a "prophet" by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile's Pablo Neruda Medal. He is president of PEN International, an organization dedicated to freedom of expression. His many works have been translated into twenty-five languages in thirty-six countries.
Titel
A Fair Country
Untertitel
Telling Truths About Canada
Autor
EAN
9780143175339
ISBN
978-0-14-317533-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
22.09.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.42 MB
Anzahl Seiten
360
Jahr
2009
Untertitel
Englisch
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