Quebec identity : the challenge of pluralism / Jocelyn Maclure ; translated by Peter Feldstein.

Translation of: Récits identitaires.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-207) and index.

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Jocelyn Maclure provides a critical reflection on the ways in which Quebec's identity has been articulated since the 1960s' Quiet Revolution. He shows how neither the melancholic nationalism of the Montreal school, Hubert Aquin, Pierre Vallieres, Fernand Dumont and their followers, nor the individualist antinationalism of Pierre Trudeau and his followers provide identity stories and political projects adequate for contemporary Quebec. In articulating an alternative narrative Maclure reframes the debate, detaching the question of Quebec's identity from the question of sovereignty versus federalism and linking it closely to Quebec's cultural diversity and to the consolidation of its democratic sphere. In so doing, he rethinks the conditions of authenticity, leaves space for First Nations' self-determination, and takes account of globalization. This edition has been expanded for English-Canadians with additional references as well as a glossary of names, institutions, and concepts.

Translated from the French.

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the English Edition -- Translator's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Cultural Fatigue and Arrested Development: The Melancholy Nationalists -- 2 Towards a New Representation of Ourselves: Guy Laforest and Jocelyn Letourneau -- 3 Identity within the Limits of Reason Alone: Anti- nationalism and Political Universalism -- 4 From Identity to Democracy: Quebec and the Challenge of Pluralism -- appendix one Quebec Figures -- appendix two Quebec Institutions, Events, and Concepts -- Notes -- Index

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