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Scott’s Blog- Review: Lament for a Nation[George Grant. Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism. 40th Anniversary Edition. Carleton Library Series 205. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2007. (Original edition published in 1965.)] I was not particularly looking forward to reading this classic English-Canadian nationalist text, originally published almost half […]
- Review: Imagined Communities[Benedict Anderson. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Revised Edition. London: Verso, 2006. (Original edition published in 1983.)] A quirky book that takes as one of its starting points the historically lousy job that the liberal and marxist traditions had done of theorizing nationalism, Imagined Communities became a […]
- The Hunger GamesWe are in a strange moment. It is a moment that calls out for resistance -- the global retrenchment of class power through austerity; the increasingly bold political attacks on women in North America; the still-changing mix of attack on queers and accommodation with queers who are already privileged in other ways, combined with appropriation and re-organizat […]
- Quote: Revolutionary TransitionsToo much of revolutionary thought does not even pose the problem of transition, paying attention only to the overture and neglecting all the acts of the drama that must follow. Defeating the ruling powers, destroying the ancien régime, smashing the state machine -- even overthrowing capital, patriarchy, and white supremacy -- is not enough. That might be suf […]
- Review: Science Fiction and Empire[Patricia Kerslake. Science Fiction and Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2007.] I'm deep in end-of-term mode at the moment, with one big paper and a few smaller things to finish before it's done, and then book edits to deal with immediately after that. But I'm stealing a few minutes to do a quick review as I haven't blogged […]
- Review: Lament for a Nation
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Category Archives: Other Writing by Scott
Review: Men and Feminism
(Published at XYOnline on August 14, 2010.) [Shira Tarrant. Men and Feminism. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2009.] I sometimes find it hard to properly evaluate political books that are intended as introductory. Their goal — or, at least, the most … Continue reading
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One Day Longer? The Vale-Inco Strike Comes to a Close
(Published at Z-Net on July 23, 2010.) On July 7 and 8, 2010, striking members of United Steel Workers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ontario, voted 75% in favor of a contract that ended a bitter strike against transnational mining giant … Continue reading
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Cut Through Spin During G8, G20 Summits
(Published in Northern Life on July 21, 2010.) In the next week, people in Sudbury will be seeing a lot in the news about the G8 and G20 summits. Politicians, big business leaders and bureaucrats from the most powerful countries … Continue reading
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