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12 produkter
Extraordinary Canadians: Big Bear
Av Rudy Wiebe, John Ralston Saul
E-bok, 2008
215 kr
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Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people …
Fair Country
Telling Truths About Canada
E-bok, 2009
246 kr
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In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal …
Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert
E-bok, 2010
229 kr
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Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked …
Dark Diversions
A Traveler''s Tale
E-bok, 2012
200 kr
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In Dark Diversions, acclaimed author John Ralston Saul stages a black comedy of international proportions that takes the reader from New York to Paris to Morocco to Haiti. When he''s not encountering dictators in Third World hot spots, Saul''s unnamed journalist narrator moves in privileged circles …
Comeback
How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence
E-bok, 2014
272 kr
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Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada’s past so that we may better understand its present – and imagine a better future. Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal …
Dark Diversions
E-bok, 2013
102 kr
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Intrigue, prestige, debauchery: Dark Diversions by acclaimed author John Ralston Saul is a black comedy of international proportions.From aristocrats and the privileged circles of New York and Paris to military dictators and the political infighting, double-dealing and corruption or their regimes …
Unconscious Civilization
Häftad, 1999
237 kr
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From the author of Voltaire's Bastards comes a philosophical examination of how corporatism has become so deeply ingrained into our society, how it's destroying democracy, and how we can fight against it. In this intellectual tour de force John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only …
Doubter's Companion
A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense
Häftad, 2002
297 kr
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A long and distinguished tradition of writers have used the form of a satirical dictionary to undermine the received ideas of their day. Voltaire wrote a sharply humorous "Philosophical Dictionary," while Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language was derisive and opinionated. These early …
Voltaire's Bastards
E-bok, 2012
226 kr
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With a new Introduction by the author, this “erudite and brilliantly readable book” ( The Observer , London) expertly dissects the political, economic, and social origins of Western civilization to reveal a culture cripplingly enslaved to crude notions of rationality and expertise. With a new …
Doubter's Companion
A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense
E-bok, 2012
213 kr
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A long and distinguished tradition of writers have used the form of a satirical dictionary to undermine the received ideas of their day. Voltaire wrote a sharply humorous "Philosophical Dictionary," while Samuel Johnson''s dictionary of the English language was derisive and opinionated. These early …
Voltaire's Bastards
The Dictatorship of Reason in the West
Häftad, 2013
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293 kr
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Collapse of Globalism
Häftad, 2018
130 kr
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Globalization is dead. Nation states are resurgent, international trade has enriched the few rather than the promised many, and democratic values are on the retreat. The shining-eyed optimism of more open, more equal societies has given way to demagoguery and nationalism. As the problems of …
