The City of Words by Alberto Manguel
In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism.
The end of ethnic nationalism -- building societies around sets of common values -- seems like a good idea. But something is going wrong. Manguel suggests we should look at what stories have to teach us about society.
With wit and erudition, Manguel looks at what visionaries, poets, novelists, essayists, and filmmakers have to say about building societies. From Cassandra to Jack London, the Epic of Gilgamesh to the computer Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Don Quixote to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Manguel draws fascinating and revelatory parallels between the personal and political realities of our present-day world and those of myth, legend, and story.
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The Age of Insecurity
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The Return of History
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Designing Freedom
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The Real World of Technology
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Necessary Illusions
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The Politics of the Family
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Laughing with the Trickster
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Educated Imagination
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Payback
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Nostalgia for the Absolute
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Reset
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The Ethical Imagination
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All Our Relations
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Becoming Human
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The Real World of Democracy
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The Lost Massey Lectures
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Healing Our Fractured World
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Player One
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Winter: Five Windows on the Season
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An Illustrated Short History of Progress
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Race Against Time
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The Rights Revolution
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More Lost Massey Lectures
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Compassion and Solidarity
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Beyond Fate
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The Unconscious Civilization
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Housing Inc.
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In Search of a Better World
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The Cult of Efficiency
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What I Mean to Say
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Blood
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Winter Us Edition
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Out of the Sun
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History's People
Alberto Manguel is a renowned anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor who has worked all over the world. For his bestselling and much-loved A History of Reading, he was recently awarded France's Prix Médicis. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, published by Knopf Canada, is being reissued this fall.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780887847639 |
| ISBN 10 | 0887847633 |
| Title | The City of Words |
| Author | Alberto Manguel |
| Series | Cbc Massey Lectures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada |
| Year published | 2007-12-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |