ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the notions of historical background, in flux in France, in order to create a personal vision which encompasses the New World natives, and attempts to rid the world of chaotic identities. It explores some of the key aspects and implications of the 'rflexions' provoked by articulations of a New France. Whether in linguistic, geographical, historical, religious, or economic terms, the early colony provided a fertile terrain for the contemplation of identity. Superior Catholicism, part of many different articulations of French identity for centuries, and a way in which France distinguished itself from other nations, finds a challenge in the face of mercantile colonialism, the outcome of which would be an uncertain reconciliation. The book examines European contact with the America, the story of reflections upon the self is also one of reflections upon the Other.
