Review
“A new vision of Canada, freed of borders and race.” - John Ralston Saul (
John Ralston Saul )
“Powe has discovered the roots of an informal Canadian democracy and shows is its poetry and wonder.” - The Toronto Star (
The Toronto Star )
“ Gloriously poetic…. Read aloud to anyone you love.” - The Victoria Sun (
The Victoria Sun )
“An innovative view… a challenging meditation.” – The Edmonton Journal (
The Edmonton Journal )
“When I read the first few pages of A Canada of Light I had to put the book down to catch my breath… a soaring alchemical vision.” - Pico Iyer, author of "Cuba and the Night and The Global Soul". (
Pico Iyer, author of Cuba and the Night and The Global Soul. )
Exciting, demanding, and pathbreaking… a bold new answer to questions about Canada. (
Pierre Elliott Trudeau )
Product Description
B.W. Powe’s visionary work of political philosophy dares to re-imagine Canada. First conceived in 1993, this fully revised, expanded, updated edition, complete with an inspired new introduction that considers Canada in a post-9/11 context, is a landmark book that has become a classic text for understanding the work-in-progress that is Canada. Countering George Grant’s pessimistic Lament for a Nation, which defined the intellectual climate in Canada for decades, Powe argues that our country is in fact a completely original model of what an enlightened polity might be for the 21st century. Here is a passionately inspired portrait of Canada as a communication state – a counter-nation of loose ties and subtle associations where dialogue, ideas, debate and the exchange of information is the currency that holds us lightly together. A Canada of Light points to the urgent realization of a new and liberating way of what it means to be Canadian.
