{"product_id":"lived-fictions-3","title":"Lived Fictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea of political unity – or belonging – contains its own opposite, because a political community can never guarantee the equal status of all its members. The price of belonging is an entrenched social stratification and hierarchy within the political unit itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLived Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the notion of political unity generates a collective commitment to imagining the structure of Canadian society. These political imaginaries – the citizen-state, the market economy, and so forth – are lived fictions. They orient our national identity and shape our understanding of political legitimacy, responsibility, and action. John Grant persuasively details why the project of political unity fails: it distorts our lived experiences and allows inequality and domination to take root.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada promises unity through democratic politics, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, a welfare state that protects the vulnerable, and a multicultural approach to cultural relations. This book documents the historical failure of these promises and elaborates the kinds of radical institutional and intellectual changes needed to overcome our lived fictions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573505720502,"sku":"9780774836494","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774836494_1711b9d4-83e9-4ee6-8c7c-4417113813ad.jpg?v=1727877226","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/lived-fictions-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}