Reflections of a Siamese Twin

Download or read book Reflections of a Siamese Twin written by John Ralston Saul and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1997 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a startling exercise of reorientation, John Ralston Saul excavates our Canadian myths—real, false, and denied—and reconciles them with the reality of today's politics, culture and economics. He attacks the denial of place into which our urban centres have fallen, delineates the dramatic differences between positive and negative nationalism, probes the implications of continuing decentralization and decries the shift in focus from the public good to narrow interest groups. He proposes solutions to our mid-life crisis in social policy by reminding us of the extent to which reconciliation and reform have always been, and remain, at the core of the country's creation and survival. By building his reflections on the words of our novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and our most creative political figures over the centuries, Saul uncovers the startling shape of the Canadian experiment. With a balance of realism and optimism he convinces us that a country which is first an idea of a country is not a theoretical or utopian idea.