A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada - Softcover

Saul, John Ralston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143168428 ISBN 13: 9780143168423

Publisher: Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

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 its future.

About this title

About the Author:

John Ralston Saul is Canada’s leading public intellectual. Declared a “prophet” by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile’s Pablo Neruda Medal. He is president of PEN International, an organization dedicated to freedom of expression. He has published fourteen works, which have been translated into twenty-five languages in thirty-six countries, the most recent of which is The Comeback, an examination of the remarkable return to power of Aboriginal people in Canada. Saul lives in Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143168428
• ISBN 13: 9780143168423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360