Canadian Society
Your exam should include the essay for Part I and four short answer responses for Part II. (As much as possible, answers should be written in paragraph form, but I will be understanding if you have difficulty doing so within the required time.) The exam is open book. However, you are not to collaborate or consult with other students on your responses to any questions. Part I: Essay Question Your response should be at least three pages typed (double-spaced, font size 12). The following is a quote by late Canadian sociologist Howard Brotz arguing that Canadas shared bourgeois (i.e. classically liberal) culture is much more fundamental than the cultural diversity that exists here: In fact is Canadian society characterized by diverse ways of life where people have different standards of what they admire, respect, want? The answer to this is yes and no. In a fundamental or radical respect I categorically deny that there is any diversity at all. Canadians of all ethnic groups, as in the United States, stand for exactly the same thing which is a bourgeois way of life [The] democratic bourgeois man is a person who is tolerant of all other religions which do not violate a rational civil law; who is not a fanatic because he is primarily interested in improving his standard of living for himself and his family by working in an economy which satisfies these wants; and who has the political habits and practical common sense to support the regime which makes possible this way of life. Write an essay explaining how three (or more, if you wish) authors from our course would be likely to respond to Brotz quote on the basis of readings we studied in this course. Discuss (with supporting evidence from the readings) whether each author would agree or disagree in whole or in part with Brotz claims, and/or how he or she might qualify or expand upon them. You MUST include at least one author from each of the following groups, but you are free to discuss additional authors if you like. A) Henri Bourassa, Gad Horowitz B) James Tully, Will Kymlicka, C) Charles Taylor, George Grant
