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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...more
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Published November 11th 2005 by McGill-Queen's University Press (first published January 1st 1965)
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Aug 26, 2011Szplug rated it liked it
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 sequ...more
Aug 13, 2008Judson rated it really liked it
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...more
Grant basically states that English speaking Canadian culture no longer exists and that we've become offshoots of American states. He however doesn't state if he thinks this is good or bad, or if the consequences are good or bad, but that because of Canada's position as the neighbor to one of the most powerful countries on earth it was bound to happen. He makes alot of references to the political climate of the time but it's not necessary to know them past the background info he provides to unde...more
Meh.
Oct 30, 2010Teghan rated it liked it
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....more
That isn't to say this book is without value....more
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....more
Dec 28, 2018Marco den Ouden rated it it was amazing
This is an excellent jeremiad from Canada's leading exponent of Red Toryism. The book is a lament on the loss of Canadian sovereignty with the defeat of nationalist John Diefenbaker by the continentalist Lester Pearson. Diefenbaker wanted to keep nuclear weapons off Canadian soil and this was one of the reasons for his defeat.
The book is an excellent history of the times, the politics of the 1950s and 1960s and, in my opinion, is better as history than as philosophy. There are some interesting...more
The book is an excellent history of the times, the politics of the 1950s and 1960s and, in my opinion, is better as history than as philosophy. There are some interesting...more
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...more
I'm not sure what to say about this book. It's immensely thought-provoking, and of real historical importance. It iterates many ideas that would become commonplace later on -- I often felt like I was hearing the kinds of comments adults around me made when I was young. But curiously a lot of these ideas aren't heard so often today. I can't remember the last time I heard a Canadian complain about the American empire, for instance. We are all seemingly awash in the same globalizing mixture, neithe...more
A very intersting defense of traditional conservatism and historical Canada from liberalism and the modern Canada. Most lacking was a compelling defense of nationalism, which he assumed from the get go. The idea that 'the national' is a compenant of 'the particular' which elevates the mind to higher things against lowly homogenization and sameness wasn't very convincing. If he would have done that, it could have been a book for the ages.
George Grant's most famous work, which looked at the victory of Pearson over Diefenbaker in the 1963 election and how Canada as a once unique nation was becoming increasingly effaced by the forces of U.S. imperialism. A seminal work of political philosophy and interesting meditation on Canadian national identity. 3/5.
Arguably still the most important book written about Canada. As relevant today as it was when it was first published, more than 50 years ago.
Central thesis was limited, also who cares about Canada's nationhood?
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...more
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...more
Apr 06, 2019Aarón rated it liked it · review of another edition
I think I hit on an basal characteristic of the Canadian identity arguing with an acquaintance recently. I put a question to her: if you replaced all the people in Canada with foreign-born individuals, would it still be Canada? She replied 'Yes' emphatically. So I replied that being Canadian is essentially meaningless because anyone from anywhere can be one. This got her mad and not talking to me for a while (she eventually apologised).
It is evident from even a cursory survey of our cultural la...more
It is evident from even a cursory survey of our cultural la...more
Oct 02, 2010Jeanette rated it it was ok
'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....more
Grant was a philosophy professor and he approaches the subject of Canadian domination by the U....more
Mar 16, 2015Alex Stroshine rated it it was ok · review of another edition
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. Chps. 5-onwards are better because Grant explains how worldview and ideology has shaped Canadian (English and French) and American politica...more
Feb 16, 2016Michael rated it it was amazing
the book is actually 185 pages... just thought I'd mention it.
essential reading for all Canadians. don't expect any optimism or hope from this book. it confirms something I've thought for quite some time now that Canada is merely a vassal of the USA and has been for quite some time. if your not Canadian you may find the discussion of the homogenising force of capitalism, liberalism, and technology interesting enough to be worthy of a read.
essential reading for all Canadians. don't expect any optimism or hope from this book. it confirms something I've thought for quite some time now that Canada is merely a vassal of the USA and has been for quite some time. if your not Canadian you may find the discussion of the homogenising force of capitalism, liberalism, and technology interesting enough to be worthy of a read.
Dec 11, 2016Eldon Siemens rated it it was amazing
excellent book, extremely valid today, which is surprising in that almost nothing has changed in the last half century since it was written. if you are a politically inclined Canadian, you need to read this
May 22, 2012Todd rated it it was ok Shelves: can-lit, non-fiction, politics, philosophy
I read an earlier edition, obviously, but I like this cover. A fascinating read, to tell the truth, but not of my political striping.
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I read this as part of a third year University English course. It was one of the first books that made me realize that religious thinkers can be intelligent.
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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...more
Academically, his writings express a complex meditation on the great books, and confrontation with the great thinkers, of Wes...more