Modern states and novel multinational polities such as the European Union have to contend with greater degrees, and more complex forms, of diversity. What elements keep complex, -post-national-, political entities together? What are the ties that bind people together in a world where they cannot rely on the safety of established national identifications (if they ever could)?
This collection of essays by leading political scientists, philosophers and legal academics from Canada and Europe provides a transatlantic dialogue on the ways in which complex states (such as Canada) and non-states...

The texts collected in this volume unveil the practice and the methods of the translators and scholars who contributed to the reemergence of Yiddish in contemporary Canada. Each of the personalities discussed enlarged the historical position and interpreted various aspects of the Yiddish language in Montreal that until recently remained obscure or inaccessible. -- Les textes rassembles dans ce volume tentent de lever le voile sur la demarche et les methodes des traducteurs et chercheurs qui ont contribue a la reemergence du yiddish dans le Canada contemporain. Ces traducteurs et chercheurs...

While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chretien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society.
Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967,...

Ne en Ukraine en 1896, J.-I. Segal arrive a Montreal en 1910 et allait devenir un des premiers ecrivains yiddish au Canada. Sa poesie lyrique et mystique, de meme que les nombreux essais et articles qu'il a signes, incarnent a la fois une riche tradition litteraire et le modernisme de son temps.
Pierre Anctil a ecrit bien plus qu'une biographie. Pour la premiere fois, la production poetique de Segal est referencee, traduite et analysee de maniere rigoureuse. Elle est accompagnee de plus de 100 pages d'appendices qui jettent la lumiere sur l'importance artistique, spirituelle, culturelle...

'With my jingle in your brain, allow the Bridge toarch again'. How are we to understand Leonard Cohen's plea? Who speaks to whomin this oeuvre spanning six decades? Francis Mus considers the different guisesor 'demons' that the Canadian singer-songwriter assumes.

Canadian Women and Radio, an eclectic yet well-researched collection, offers a fascinating look at the women who built their career in broadcasting, the issues specific to them, and their contributions to their field. Each story paints a unique portrait of a person's or a group's legacy to the radio industry.