Description
Book SynopsisBringing big thinking back to Canadian politics,
Lived Fictions demonstrates how theories of political unity always exclude and shows why our comfortable assumptions about the promises of Canadian politics mask historical failures.
Trade ReviewIn this book, John Grant accomplishes several achievements, any of which would be impressive on their own. -- David Laycock, professor, political science, Simon Fraser University * Contemporary Political Theory *
[Grant's] analysis brilliantly redefines the boundaries of scholarly interrogation on questions of belonging and inequality. -- Thirstan Falconer, St. Jerome's University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Unity and Politics
Part 1: Imagining Unity and Exclusion
1 Becoming One: Visions of Political Unity
2 On the Critique of Political Imaginaries
Part 2: Lived Fictions in Canadian Politics
3 A People without Sovereignty: Canada’s Constituent Power Problem
4 The Crown and the Aboriginal: Imaginaries of Sovereignty and Control
5 Embedded Neoliberalism: A New Imaginary for the Welfare State
6 Canada’s Multiverse: The Dis/Unity of Cultures
7 Institutions and Actions: A Vision of Democratization
Conclusion: Critique and Politics – Or, What Makes a Birthday Party Memorable
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
