ABSTRACT
Nationalism in Canada is unique in its character and in its manifestations. It is confronted by a unique combination of forces which—uniquely—misrepresents it. At the outset one must, in fairness, recognize that a person like Leslie Armour—liberal, pluralistic, tolerant, wide-ranging in his philosophical work and his disciplinary interests—probably wouldn’t think of himself as a nationalist. The name ‘nationalist’ is conferred by those who are horrified, for instance, at the suggestion by some that Canadians in post-secondary institutions in Canada who are interested in philosophy should be offered the possibility of studying Canadian philosophers and philosophy as one of their options. Over ten years Armour should have been given major institutional assistance. Upon completion of The Faces of Reason he should have been named to a senior position at a major university.
