"From Ethnic Nationalism to Strategic Multiculturalism: Shifting Strategies of Remembrance in the Quebecois Secessionist Movement," Javnost/The Public: Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture 4 (Fall 1997): 41-57. (original) (raw)

This essay explores the evolution of strategies of remembrance within the Quebecois secessionist movement, arguing that national identities are politically consequential fictions influenced by economic and rhetorical processes. It draws on the works of theorists like Benedict Anderson and Frederick Dolan to discuss how constraints are placed on public discourse regarding national identity, leading to a politics of memory that affects collective identity. The paper contrasts liberal and communitarian political philosophies in the context of Quebec separatism, illustrating how economic issues have been transformed into ethnic and multicultural narratives in the public sphere.