TY  - BOOK
AU  - Madison,Gary Brent
AU  - Fairfield,Paul
AU  - Harris,Ingrid
TI  - Is there a Canadian philosophy?: reflections on the Canadian identity 
T2  - Philosophica
SN  - 9780776616155
AV  - F1021.2 .M335 2000eb
U1  - 971 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Ottawa [Ont.]
PB  - University of Ottawa Press
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Canada
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Nationalisme
KW  - Démocratie
KW  - Multiculturalisme
KW  - Droits de l'homme
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Political
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Praktische Philosophie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
KW  - Nationalbewusstsein
KW  - Kanada
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Nationality and Universality -- Nationalism and the politics of identity -- The bearers of rights: individuals or collectives? -- Democracy in Canada: "Canada" as a spontaneous order -- Rights, sovereignty, and the nation-state; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Is There a Canadian Philosophy? addresses the themes of community, culture, national identity, and universal human rights, taking the Canadian example as its focus. The authors argue that nations compelled to cope with increasing demands for group recognition may do so in a broadly liberal spirit and without succumbing to the dangers associated with an illiberal, adversarial multiculturalism. They identify and describe a Canadian civic philosophy and attempt to show how this modus operandi of Canadian public life is capable of reconciling questions of collective identity and recognition with a
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