A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada

Type

Book

Authors

John Ralston Saul

ISBN 10

0670068047

ISBN 13

9780670068043

Tags

First Nations, Canadian, History & Theory, History, Political History

Description

In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis 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. - from Amzon

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