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At Face Value, Second Edition
Being Vulnerable
The Boundaries of Medicare
Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity
Enemy Archives
From the Battlefield to the Stage
The Orangeman, Second Edition
Real-ish
The Religious Sense
Secession and Conflict
Trade and Commerce
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New Releases: February 2023
This month we are pleased to release fifteen new books: from a classic Canadian historical fiction novel, to a memoir by a formal federal cabinet minister. Check out the complete list below!
At Face Value, Second Edition
The Life and Times of Eliza McCormack/John White
Shortlisted for the Trillium Prize when it was released in 1990, this classic Canadian novel has only gained relevance in the thirty years since. At Face Value spins the tale of John White, a trusty Tory backbencher in Canada’s post-Confederation Parliament who was unusually sympathetic to women and Indigenous communities. Hewing closely to the archival record, the book diverges on one crucial point: reimagining John White as a woman named Eliza McCormack.
Being Vulnerable
Contemporary Political Thought
Interrupting the dialectic by which sovereignty manages to be both the cause of our vulnerabilization and the tool of its prevention, Being Vulnerable explores how today’s experiences of vulnerabilization can be translated into a collective human power that dismantles the form of sovereignty that is producing this state of affairs.
The Boundaries of Medicare
Public Health Care beyond the Canada Health Act
Katherine Fierlbeck and Gregory Marchildon examine public health services and coverage in Canada that predate or have developed in parallel to the Canada Health Act. Explaining their logic, operation, and internal political tensions, The Boundaries of Medicare sheds light on the challenges and opportunities facing Medicare in Canada today.
Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity
The Public Philosophy of James Tully
James Tully is one of the most influential political philosophers at work today. Offering a wide-ranging critical discussion of his work by leading scholars from various fields of study, Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity provides a rich perspective on the full extent of Tully’s contribution.
The Domination of Nature, New Edition
By William Leiss
Originally published in 1972, The Domination of Nature was part of the first wave of widespread interest in environmental issues. Leiss argues that our current predicament arises from deeply rooted attitudes toward nature. A new preface explores the concept of eco-dominion and the moral obligations of human citizens of the twenty-first century.
Enemy Archives
Soviet Counterinsurgency Operations and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement – Selections from the Secret Police Archives
Soviet counterinsurgency officers assembled a comprehensive archive documenting the ideological worldview, operational structures, and activities of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. Viatrovych and Luciuk have curated a selection of these documents that challenges prejudices about who these Ukrainian nationalists were, whom they fought, and why.
From the Battlefield to the Stage
The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne
Known today chiefly for his surrender to the American forces at Saratoga in 1777, General John Burgoyne led a multidimensional life. From the Battlefield to the Stage remembers him as not only a participant in one of Britain’s worst military disasters but also a brave soldier, successful playwright, reforming politician, and popular socialite.
The Orangeman, Second Edition
The Life and Times of Ogle Gowan
From the end of the Napoleonic Wars to Confederation, central Canada was awash with migrants from the British Isles and their cultural values. The raw prejudice that they brought with them – against the French, the Catholics, and even Yanks and Europeans – bound together the eventual political majority in Ontario. To explore these forces of prejudice, The Orangeman follows the life of Ogle Gowan, an Irish Protestant upstart from County Wexford who brought the Orange Order to central Canada.
The Participation Paradox
Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development in South Africa
The last two decades have ushered in what has become known as a “Participatory Revolution,” with authorities called into communities to listen to ordinary people through “open” forums for engagement. The Participation Paradox argues that amplifying the voices of the poor and dispossessed is often a quick fix incapable of delivering lasting change.
Politics and the English Country House, 1688–1800
Politics and the English Country House explores the relationship between the country house and the changing British political landscape of the eighteenth century. Offering a new perspective on the complexity of political meaning embedded in the space, essays explore how the country house was a stage for politicking, a vehicle for political advancement, and a symbol of party allegiance and political values.
Real-ish
Audiences, Feeling, and the Production of Realness in Contemporary Performance
Real-ish investigates how realness in performance is perceived, produced, and felt by contemporary audiences. Focusing on documentary, participatory, historical, and immersive theatre pieces, the book considers how audience experiences exist both as products of the performances’ real source material and as real products in their own right.
The Religious Sense
New Revised Edition
The Religious Sense is an exploration of the search for meaning in life. Avoiding sentimental or irrational reduction of the religious experience, Luigi Giussani shows that our ultimate needs for truth, goodness, and beauty constitute the fabric of the religious sense, which is evident in everyone everywhere and in all times.
Secession and Conflict
Iraqi Kurdistan in Comparative Perspective
The overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 in Iraq opened the door for Kurdish nationalists to establish an independent state. Drawing on historical research and first-hand interviews, Secession and Conflict asks why Iraqi Kurdistan has not declared independence, and offers a comparative analysis into the calculations of Kurdish leaders as they navigate the complicated politics of Iraq.
Trade and Commerce
Canada’s Economic Constitution
Trade and Commerce recovers a lost understanding of how the Canadian Constitution structures economic relations through commitments to secure property rights, local autonomy, economic integration, and free trade.
Unlikely Insider
A West Coast Advocate in Ottawa
When too may political leaders around the world are consolidating power by playing on divisions and stoking fear, Unlikely Insider, a memoir by former federal cabinet minister and senator Jack Austin, shows a way forward for Canada. The book comes as a welcome reminder of the value of public service as a force for economic progress, social justice, and nation-building.
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