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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, de 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 Canadian political thought and Grant became known as the father of Canadian nationalism. This edition includes a major introduction by Andrew Potter that explores Grant’s arguments in the context of changes in ethnic diversity, free trade, globalization, post-modernism, and 9/11. Potter discusses the shifting uses of the terms “liberal” and “conservative” and closes with a look at the current state of Canadian nationalism. Grant bringing down the mid-sixties nationalist hammer with a fury even as he conceded that this fine northern nation was doomed to subsumption within the United States, that North American dynamo forever drawing its lesser neighbors within by the centripetal forces of its Lockean-based liberalism and continental preponderance. Grant, a prototypical Red Tory, had been a strong supporter of John Diefenbaker, the populist Conservative politician from Saskatchewan who, in an unlikely sequ George P.
Grant bringing down the mid-sixties nationalist hammer with a fury even as he conceded that this fine northern nation was doomed to subsumption within the United States, that North American dynamo forever drawing its lesser neighbors within by the centripetal forces of its Lockean-based liberalism and continental preponderance. Grant, a prototypical Red Tory, had been a strong supporter of John Diefenbaker, the populist Conservative politician from Saskatchewan who, in an unlikely sequence of elections, had unseated the ruling Liberal elite who had been managing the Canadian state in firm bureaucratic manner for the preceding twenty-three years. Lament opens with the author vigorously defending Diefenbaker's principles and courage whilst excoriating his competence and tactics, and lamenting the fact that, even with an alliance between the conservative and socialist factions of twentieth-century Canada, the universalist and Yankee-loving bureaucrats, businessmen, and military chiefs huddled en masse in Central Canada would inevitably succeed in achieving—by directing—the dismemberment of the former Dominion within that inexorable, rights-based, nihilistically-backwashed drive towards liberal empire. This drive was powered by technology, scientific progress eminently slotted for attachment to and direction of an efficiency-chasing liberalism, a means-based mastery of nature that further churned the mud of an emotion-driven, contractual and utilitarian set of values whilst burying any belief in an enduring and universal good set at a level above the freedom-maximizing individual. Ok, the book's title is a little bit misleading. Yes, a lot of it is about events in Canada's recent history. However, it offers a rich perspective on what American imperialism is like from someone who is not American and doesn't agree with the homogenization of the world.
Also, chapter 5 is one of the greatest perspectives on political philosophy that has come out of the 20th century. Plus, Grant offers some perspective as a Christian on how the age of progress should be viewed from a religious Ok, the book's title is a little bit misleading. Yes, a lot of it is about events in Canada's recent history. However, it offers a rich perspective on what American imperialism is like from someone who is not American and doesn't agree with the homogenization of the world. Also, chapter 5 is one of the greatest perspectives on political philosophy that has come out of the 20th century. Plus, Grant offers some perspective as a Christian on how the age of progress should be viewed from a religious standpoint.
Everyone should read this book. An important text in the history of Canadian thought and how we construct the nation. It is however, a bit dated. Grant's 'lament' for the nation is one that comes from the white-male construction of what a society should look like. He laments the loss of his Canada.as women were gaining more rights and freedoms and as the population of minorities in Canada increased, Grant was becoming uncomfortable with this. The nation was changing around him.
That isn't to say this book is without value. An important text in the history of Canadian thought and how we construct the nation. It is however, a bit dated. Grant's 'lament' for the nation is one that comes from the white-male construction of what a society should look like. He laments the loss of his Canada.as women were gaining more rights and freedoms and as the population of minorities in Canada increased, Grant was becoming uncomfortable with this.
The nation was changing around him. That isn't to say this book is without value. He has many good points about Canada's relationship with the United States that are still relevant today. Additionally, any student of Canadian Studies or communications will find this an important historical book. A very interesting examination of Canadian nationalism.I found myself both agreeing and disagreeing with Grant and most often found myself in amazement how the 2 parties have changed over the years! It is interesting to note that this book written by the very conservative Grant was an influential document on the New Left in the 70`s.
A very interesting examination of Canadian nationalism.I found myself both agreeing and disagreeing with Grant and most often found myself in amazement how the 2 parties have changed over the years! It is interesting to note that this book written by the very conservative Grant was an influential document on the New Left in the 70`s. I was turned on to this book by a Red Tory professor of mine-in fact, so red that he identifies as a Tory Communist, an idea I find fascinating. At any rate, Grant's basic argument, that the impossibility of conservatism is the impossibility of Canada, fascinates me as well. Canada is a political project doomed to failure once the British Empire comes to an end, and with the end of British Canada comes the end of Canadian culture. Absorption into the American Empire is inevitable; after all, ju I was turned on to this book by a Red Tory professor of mine-in fact, so red that he identifies as a Tory Communist, an idea I find fascinating. At any rate, Grant's basic argument, that the impossibility of conservatism is the impossibility of Canada, fascinates me as well.
Canada is a political project doomed to failure once the British Empire comes to an end, and with the end of British Canada comes the end of Canadian culture. Absorption into the American Empire is inevitable; after all, just look at how big they are compared to us. Grant points to Pearson's granting the US permission to store nuclear weapons on Canadian soil as the point in history at which Canada became a client state of the American Empire. He provides a fascinating reading of the Diefenbaker-Pearson era whereby Diefenbaker represented the last cry of British Canada against the Liberal continentalist project, but it is a cry doomed to failure as a younger generation raised on American television no longer wants to recite 'Kublai Khan' and because Diefenbaker simply didn't have a real economic alternative to continentalism now that the British Empire had been more or less dissolved. Continentalism's triumph therefore was inevitable. In the same way that Canada is impossible, conservatism is an impossible political project because, well, as de Maistre argued, by the time you need to conserve something you have already lost. In the face of capitalist modernity localism, communitarianism, aristocracy, and religion become impossible to maintain in their traditional forms.
Grant's critique of capitalist modernity is the most fascinating part of the book, but it's very hard to say what kind of economic proposals he has to get away from the problems of capitalism outside of a welfare state and some nationalizations, in other words a very British, or British North American Peronism. As a Marxist I argue that the cultural as well as economic problems of capitalism can only be dealt with through the abolition of commodity production and the law of value. Only fundamental systemic change can prevent the symptoms Grant critiques. The nationalizations he brings up are insufficient to prevent the march of capitalist modernity, and perhaps Grant is well aware given his emphasis on the impossibility of Canada. Grant identifies Diefenbaker's political failure as his insufficient economic radicalism and his reliance on his Bay Street finmin (a certain president might want to take note); Grant seems to have the same problem, but I guess this is where his conservatism is; for him fighting the losing battle to defend the culture he holds dear against the forces which seek to destroy it is a better choice than joining the socialists to destroy the destroyers. We on the left of course have a confused to say the least relationship to modernity. Regardless of my disagreements with his Toryism and with nationalism in principle, this is a marvellous book that every Canadian should read, if for no other reason than to get into the head of a political perspective that has sadly largely disappeared from the Canadian political landscape.
Furthermore, read from a political economy perspective his analysis of the Diefenbaker-Pearson era is invaluable for understanding Canada's place in the world and how it got there. Here is a must-read for all Canadians - George Grant's classic masterpiece, documenting the poor decisions which led to the loss of sovereignty of Canada to the US empire, just at a time when the British empire had been weakened enough that our former subservience to that great power could be severed, and the nation finally become truly free and independent. While the book became, and remains, seminal in the literature of Canadian history and politics, it's lessons have yet to be learned, and ar Here is a must-read for all Canadians - George Grant's classic masterpiece, documenting the poor decisions which led to the loss of sovereignty of Canada to the US empire, just at a time when the British empire had been weakened enough that our former subservience to that great power could be severed, and the nation finally become truly free and independent. While the book became, and remains, seminal in the literature of Canadian history and politics, it's lessons have yet to be learned, and are as relevant today as they were when Grant's essay was first published, more than fifty years ago. Grant's critique holds all the more power and poignancy, because it does not come from the left, nor even from a liberal vantage point, but from a conservative. And while I cannot agree with him on everything, Grant shows what a conservative of conscience might look like, and represent. Neoconservatives, such as George W.
Bush, or Stephen Harper and his posse of saboteurs and corporate raiders, should stop and listen, and reflect. I don't agree with all aspects of Grant's view (the biggest thing I disagree with is his pessimism), but the crux of his argument is a devastating critique of political weakness in the face of imperial powers - and that is a message which needs to be heard, because it simply speaks the truth. Anyone living outside of Canada, who wishes to understand Canada, its history, politics or people, should read Grant's major work. Within Canada, the Liberals, the NDP, the Green Party, and especially the Conservative Party, along with all other Canadians, simply must read (or re-read) this book. Yes, I am Canadian, and proudly so.
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But no matter where I may have been born, or where I might live or call home, I despise imperialism, and the imposition or dominance of one nation or power over another. If I were American, I would join the American Anti-imperialist League, along with Mark Twain and other great Americans.
Being Canadian, I find kindred spirits in George Grant, Margaret Atwood, George Woodcock, David Orchard and Maude Barlow, among many others who have stood up for Canada and have opposed political, economic or cultural domination by any power. If we value freedom, or democracy, or independence, as we should, then we should value it for ourselves and others alike.
Both subservience and domination are abominations to the soul, to human dignity, and to any nation - be it the dominating or the submissive party. We should be disgusted by either attitude, and repudiate them both alike. 'Lament for Nation' is considered a Canadian classic and is frequently read in first year Political Science courses. Although the book evoked two hours of excellent discussion in the New Horizon book club, we all found the book a difficult read.
It has been many years since I've read a book in which I have had to reread a sentence several times before I thought I understood what the author was saying. Grant was a philosophy professor and he approaches the subject of Canadian domination by the U. 'Lament for Nation' is considered a Canadian classic and is frequently read in first year Political Science courses.
Although the book evoked two hours of excellent discussion in the New Horizon book club, we all found the book a difficult read. It has been many years since I've read a book in which I have had to reread a sentence several times before I thought I understood what the author was saying. Grant was a philosophy professor and he approaches the subject of Canadian domination by the U.S. Using references to many philosophers throughout world history. The book read like he was writing it for other philosophy academics and not the general public. I felt he could have made his arguments in a much more accessible way if he had chosen to write it in a less academic manner.
That is the reason I gave the book two stars instead of three. Grant forecast the disappearance of Canada by the end of the 20th century and that it would be swallowed by up the U.S. He lamented that Canada had become a satellite manufacturing plant for the U.S. By accepting branch plants for the U.S. Auto industry.
Grant also felt that Canada needed to return to a more traditional society to retain a more British and religious identity. He also warned against technology and what is would do to Canadian society if technological advances were accepted without questioning them. This book, written 50 years ago, details the decline in Canadian nationalism. George Grant spends the first first-or-so pages chronicling the rise and fall of John Diefenbaker to Lester B. Pearson and the Liberals. This first half is tedious and boring as the Canada of 2015 is very different from that of 1965 and the cast of political characters has changed. 5-onwards are better because Grant explains how worldview and ideology has shaped Canadian (English and French) and American politica This book, written 50 years ago, details the decline in Canadian nationalism.
George Grant spends the first first-or-so pages chronicling the rise and fall of John Diefenbaker to Lester B. Pearson and the Liberals. This first half is tedious and boring as the Canada of 2015 is very different from that of 1965 and the cast of political characters has changed. 5-onwards are better because Grant explains how worldview and ideology has shaped Canadian (English and French) and American political thinking.
Grant pays attention to religion in his analysis, which highlights how he is probably the closest thing Canada has ever had to a Reinhold Niebuhr or Richard John Neuhaus. The 2/5 is due to the fact that the book seems outdated, although as mentioned, the second half warrants consideration. George Parkin Grant was a Canadian philosopher, professor, and political commentator.
He is best known for his Canadian nationalism, political conservatism, and his views on technology, pacifism and Christian faith. He is often seen as one of Canada's most original thinkers.
Academically, his writings express a complex meditation on the great books, and confrontation with the great thinkers, of Wes George Parkin Grant was a Canadian philosopher, professor, and political commentator. He is best known for his Canadian nationalism, political conservatism, and his views on technology, pacifism and Christian faith. He is often seen as one of Canada's most original thinkers.
Academically, his writings express a complex meditation on the great books, and confrontation with the great thinkers, of Western Civilization. His influences include the 'ancients' such as, and, as well as 'moderns' like, and.
Although he is considered the main theoretician of Red Toryism, he expressed dislike of the term when applied to his deeper philosophical interests, which he saw as his primary work as a thinker. Recent research on Grant uncovers his debt to a neo-Hegelian idealist tradition, Canadian idealism, that had a major influence on many Canadian scholars and Canadian political culture more broadly.
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 Canadian political thought and Grant became known as the father of Canadian nationalism. This edition includes a major introduction by Andrew Potter that explores Grant's arguments in the context of changes in ethnic diversity, free trade, globalization, post-modernism, and 9/11. Potter discusses the shifting uses of the terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' and closes with a look at the current state of Canadian nationalism.