A Fair Country
Telling Truths About Canada
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
| Author: | John Ralston Saul | ISBN: | 9780143175339 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Canada | Publication: | September 22, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Canada | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Ralston Saul |
| ISBN: | 9780143175339 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Canada |
| Publication: | September 22, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Canada |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
