Towards a Canada of Light |
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Author:
| Powe, Bruce W. |
ISBN: | 978-1-306-70583-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Thomas Allen & Son, Limited
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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B.W. Powe s visionary work of political philosophy dares to re-imagine Canada. First conceived in 1993, this fully revised, expanded, updated edition, complete with an inspired new introduction that considers Canada in a post-9/11 context, is a landmark book that has become a classic text for understanding the work-in-progress that is Canada.
Countering George Grant s pessimistic Lament for a Nation, which defined the intellectual climate in Canada for decades, Powe argues...
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B.W. Powe s visionary work of political philosophy dares to re-imagine Canada. First conceived in 1993, this fully revised, expanded, updated edition, complete with an inspired new introduction that considers Canada in a post-9/11 context, is a landmark book that has become a classic text for understanding the work-in-progress that is Canada.
Countering George Grant s pessimistic Lament for a Nation, which defined the intellectual climate in Canada for decades, Powe argues that our country is in fact a completely original model of what an enlightened polity might be for the 21st century.
Here is a passionately inspired portrait of Canada as a communication state a counter-nation of loose ties and subtle associations where dialogue, ideas, debate and the exchange of information is the currency that holds us lightly together.
Towards a Canada of Light points to the urgent realization of a new and liberating way of what it means to be Canadian."