Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Context of Canadian Political Thought
Part 1: Defining a Nation
3. The Colonial Legacy
Toryism
British Liberalism and Constitutionalism
4. The Challenge of Neighbourliness: The United States
Jacksonian Liberalism and the Free Market
The Idea of "Sovereignty" in Canadian Political Thought
Part 2: Social Justice
5. Understanding the Culture of Social Justice
The Fragment Theory
The Role of Religion
6. Radical Political Thought
The Left
Other Forms of Radicalism
Part 3: Culture and Accommodation
7. French-Canadian Nationalism
The Church in Lower Canada
Early Liberalism in French Canada
Ultramontanism
Neo-nationalism and Social Radicalism
8. Minority Rights and Multiculturalism: Two Narratives
Minority Rights: The Recognition of "Deep Diversity"
Multiculturalism: The Primacy of Formal Equality
9. In History and in Myth
Bibliography
Index
A serious, measured, and encyclopaedic presentation of Canadian political ideas from their beginnings: this book is indispensable. -- Janet Ajzenstat, McMaster University Political Thought in Canada is a thoughtful and engaging book on Canadian political thought, broadly understood. It contains a wealth of rich, detailed arguments on theorists and traditions, set within their political and intellectual context. Fierlbeck demonstrates throughout the text how to connect philosophy with the political and intellectual world. -- Margaret Moore, Queen's University
Katherine Fierlbeck is the McCulloch Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University, with a cross-appointment as professor of Community Health and Epidemiology.
Political Thought in Canada is a thoughtful and engaging book on
Canadian political thought, broadly understood. It contains a
wealth of rich, detailed arguments on theorists and traditions, set
within their political and intellectual context. Fierlbeck
demonstrates throughout the text how to connect philosophy with the
political and intellectual world. --Margaret Moore, Queen's
University
A serious, measured, and encyclopaedic presentation of Canadian
political ideas from their beginnings: this book is
indispensable.--Janet Ajzenstat, McMaster University
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