The Book of Absolutes
A lively challenge to postmodern opinion that reveals satisfying and reliable certainties.
Disruptive Essays
This is a collection that includes many of William Gairdner’s best essays.
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At this crucial time in our history, William Gairdner presents fresh and daring insights for all who strive to understand the successes and failures of Canada, and of western civilization as a whole.
William Gairdner has had a busy life as an athlete, an academic, a businessman, and latterly, as a successful author.
In quick succession, he produced a string of bestselling books, including The Trouble With Canada, and The War Against The Family. He was then the managing editor of Canada’s Founding Debates – an historical landmark. On the heels of this he published The Trouble With Democracy, and also The Book of Absolutes. Then, looking back over twenty years, he published The Trouble With Canada…Still! His most recent books are The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree (2015), Disruptive Essays: There Are No Safe Spaces In This Book! (2018), and The French Traveler (2019)
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It is with great sadness that we inform our readers of the passing of William Gairdner, one of Canada’s most prolific and influential contemporary intellectuals.