Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: The Tragedy of Living, the Comedy of Trying 3
5. Natural Differences and Social Equality
6. Genuine Multiculturalism 49
7. Dramatis personae 64
8. Practices Against Social Diversity
9. A Hegelian – Christian Model 97
10. Multiculturalism in the Americas 133
11. Canada’s Second Covenant: The Charter of Rights 170
12. When Tragedy Becomes Comedy 192
13. The Legacy of the US Civil War 217
14. Canada: Forging a Single Consciousness 237
15. Citizenship with Difference: The CBC and I 258
16. Crisis 2001: Not Enough People! 277
17. Massey and Culture: From Bi to Multi 299
18. Accepting Diversity, Promoting Social Equality
19. Tyranny v. Freedom: Strauss v. Kojève 329
20. Rawls and Trudeau’s Just Society 357
21. Rethinking the CBC and Me: From Tragedy to Comedy 373
22. Tragedy: The Comedic Folk Saviour 398
23. Notes 435
24. Index 479