Canadian History Rememberance Day

The Quiet regeneration is the touch given to a power point of Quebec history extending from 1960 to 1966 and corresponding to the tenure of office of the Liberal caller of Jean Lesage. The term appears to have been coined by a Toronto diary keeper who, upon witnessing the many and far reaching changes taking place in Quebec, declared that what was happening was nothing short of a revolution, albeit a quiet one. Underlying the concept of the Quiet Revolution is a perception or interpretation of the time period that preceded it and which is called duplessisme, from the name of the Prime Minister of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis. Quebec, under the Duplessis era, was supposed to be characterised by traditionalism, conservatism and, generally, a rejection of contemporary ways and values. In consequence, the responsibility had fallen behind, had acquired increasingly negative characteristics and had had to live through les années noires, a sort of a Quebec equivalent to the Dark Ages. This perception is broadly challenged by many social scientists today. However, there is no doubt that the death of Duplessis, and the subsequent election of the Liberal caller of Jean Lesage, ushered a period of intense changes and activities, the sum total of which seemed to amount to a Revolution.

Certainly, few, at the time, challenged that what was taking place was a Revolution. The first major change that took place during the Quiet Revolution was the large-scale rejection of past values. Chief among these are those that Michel Brunet called les trois dominantes de la pensée canadienne-française: lagriculturisme, le messianisme et lanti-étatisme [the three important components of French Canadian thought: agriculturalism, anti-statism and messianism]. In this respect, Quebec entered resolutely into a phase of modernisation: its outlook became more secular (as inappropriate to religious), much of the traditionalism that characterised the past was replaced by increasingly braggy attitudes; long... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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