Stone Voices by Neal Ascherson
Scotland has a new Parliament and it has North Sea oil, but is it yet an independent, self-sustaining democracy? Is it a true nation? In Stone Voices, Neal Ascherson launches what he calls an imaginative invasion of his native land, searching for the relationships, themes, and fantasies that make up Scotland.
Beginning with a breathtaking portrait of the countryAEs landscape, and of the way humanity has indelibly marked even its rockiest contours, Ascherson takes us on a journey through ScotlandAEs past, interweaving his historical accounts with a rollicking report on a back-country bus expedition he joined during the 1997 referendum campaign that led to ScotlandAEs first modern Parliament. He asked voters then what kind of country they hoped for, what they feared, and what they expecteduquestions that animate his book as well.
In his search for a nation, Acherson explores many themes: the slow, hybrid formation of the Scottish people over centuries of successive immigrations; the way their most renowned intellectuals and writers came to hate the national church; the peculiar nature of their diaspora; the coexistence of their search for an oauthentico Scotland with the myths others create; and the ScotsAE proud sense of true independence. Stone Voices enlightens us about Scotland, about Europe, and about the conditions for freedom that we must all seek today.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809084913 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809084910 |
| Title | Stone Voices |
| Author | Neal Ascherson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hill & Wang |
| Year published | 2003-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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