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Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism
George Grant
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Paperback. In his 1970 introduction to "Lament for a Nation," Professor George Grant modestly expressed doubt whether his study had an enduring importance beyond the particular circumstances occasioning its appearance. Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Canadians have relatively few binding national myths, but one of the most pervasive and enduring is the conviction that the country is doomed. In 1965 George Grant passionately defended Canadian identity by asking fundamental questions about the meaning and future of Canada's political existence. In Lament for a Nation he argued that Canada - immense and underpopulated, defined in part by the border, history, and culture it shares with the United States, and torn by conflicting loyalties to Britain, Quebec, and America - had ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Lament for a Nation became the seminal work in ... Read more
Canadians have relatively few binding national myths, but one of the most pervasive and enduring is the conviction that the country is doomed. In 1965 George Grant passionately defended Canadian identity by asking fundamental questions about the meaning and future of Canada's political existence. In Lament for a Nation he argued that Canada - immense and underpopulated, defined in part by the border, history, and culture it shares with the United States, and torn by conflicting loyalties to Britain, Quebec, and America - had ceased to exist as a sovereign state. Lament for a Nation became the seminal work in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Carleton Library Series
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773530102
SKU
V9780773530102
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About George Grant
George P. Grant (1918-1988) was the author of Philosophy in the Mass Age, Technology and Empire, English-Speaking Justice, and Technology and Justice. Andrew Potter is the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
Reviews for Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism
This is a very important book for its thorough and critically alert discussion of beginning and end-of-life issues. While centred on representative case-studies or court judgments, principally from the Canadian context, the author skilfully enables its s Masterpiece is not a word to use lightly, but Lament for a Nation merits it. In it Grant distilled his years of ... Read more