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A review by miloulou
Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism by George Grant
4.0
Ehhh not for me.
Edit: on a 2nd re-read, I appreciate it a whole lot more for what it is: a snapshot of what felt like the loss of a sovereignty and what it meant to be Canadian in the 1960s, and the conflicts in watching the ever growing United States become more and more powerful. It is a really interesting perspective on what it meant to be sort of a dying breed? I can't even imagine meeting a Canadian now who feels a strong sense of loyalty to their British ancestry and being religious has become more and more a private affair. It is nice to see though that though Canada has changed, it still remains it's own sovereign state.
Edit: on a 2nd re-read, I appreciate it a whole lot more for what it is: a snapshot of what felt like the loss of a sovereignty and what it meant to be Canadian in the 1960s, and the conflicts in watching the ever growing United States become more and more powerful. It is a really interesting perspective on what it meant to be sort of a dying breed? I can't even imagine meeting a Canadian now who feels a strong sense of loyalty to their British ancestry and being religious has become more and more a private affair. It is nice to see though that though Canada has changed, it still remains it's own sovereign state.