Identity and Justice Contributor(s): Angus, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802098819 ISBN-13: 9780802098818 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - History | Canada - General |
Dewey: 971 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 120 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this provocative study of the task of English-Canadian philosophy, Ian Angus contends that English Canada harbours a secret and unofficial dream of self-rule that is revealed through critiques of empire. Looking at the main tensions between local dwelling and the globalized market, Identity and Justice shows how contemporary society's reactions to technological advances and a world market economy have produced increasingly isolated individuals and prevented the emergence of a coherent community based on a universalizing philosophy. Stressing the importance of regionalism and postcolonial understandings, Angus argues that Canada requires a philosophy of independent parts through a conception of universality that subordinates rulership to a negotiation between diverse communities. Through discussion of the work of prominent Canadian thinkers, notably Harold Innis, John Porter, George Grant, and Marshall McLuhan, Angus identifies and explores key themes that define the distinctiveness of English Canada, primarily those related to power and empire, dominant and innovative modes of perception and thought, transportation, communication, community, ethnicity, and collective action. A penetrating examination of some of Canada's national myths and the phenomenology of locality in the twenty-first century, Identity and Justice is a groundbreaking critique and recovery of English Canadian social and political thought. |
Contributor Bio(s): Angus, Ian: - Ian Angus is a professor in the Department of Humanities and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Simon Fraser University. |