02977nam 22006975a 450 991015552520332120200520144314.00-7766-1615-3(CKB)2430000000000663(EBL)653435(OCoLC)742332986(SSID)ssj0000376751(PQKBManifestationID)11252469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376751(PQKBWorkID)10337030(PQKB)11665433(CaPaEBR)403669(CaBNvSL)slc00200097(MiAaPQ)EBC3244797(MiAaPQ)EBC653435(OCoLC)181843553(MdBmJHUP)muse8747(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/c8v2n2(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/403669(EXLCZ)99243000000000066320000412d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIs there a Canadian philosophy? reflections on the Canadian identity /G.B. Madison, Paul Fairfield, Ingrid Harris1st ed.Ottawa University of Ottawa Pressc20001 online resource (240 p.)Philosophica ;52Description based upon print version of record.0-7766-0514-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Nationality and Universality; Chapter 2 Nationalism and the Politics of Identity; Chapter 3 The Bearers of Rights: Individuals or Collectives?; Chapter 4 Democracy in Canada: ""Canada"" as a Spontaneous Order; Chapter 5 Rights, Sovereignty, and the Nation-State; IndexIs There a Canadian Philosophy? addresses the themes of community, culture, national identity, and universal human rights, taking the Canadian example as its focus. The authors argue that nations compelled to cope with increasing demands for group recognition may do so in a broadly liberal spirit and without succumbing to the dangers associated with an illiberal, adversarial multiculturalism. They identify and describe a Canadian civic philosophy and attempt to show how this modus operandi of Canadian public life is capable of reconciling questions of collective identity andCollection Philosophica ;v. 52.NationalismCanadaDemocracyCanadaMulticulturalismCanadaCivil rightsCanadaNationalismDemocracyMulticulturalismCivil rights971Madison Gary Brent160705Fairfield Paul1966-1108832Harris Ingrid1946-1237687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155525203321Is There a Canadian Philosophy2872968UNINA