There is only one argument for Scottish independence: the cultural argument. It was there long before North Sea oil had been discovered, and it will be here long after the oil has run out. How have perceptions of Scottish culture been shaped by its role within Britain? What would be different about culture in an Independent Scotland? Why is culture the key to the independence debate? ALEXANDER MOFFAT and ALAN RIACH take a hard look at the most neglected aspect of the argument for Scotland's distinctive national identity: the arts. Their proposition is that music, painting, architecture and, pre-eminently, literature, are the fuel and fire that makes imagination possible. Neglect them at your peril. For Moffat and Riach, jobs, health and trade are matters of material fact that need to be enlivened by imagination. How can we organise society to help us approach what the arts have to give. Why have we been so poor at representing our arts comprehensively, both within Scotland and internationally? What can be done? How might things be different? The arts are of paramount importance in the modern world. Moffat and Riach take the argument out of the hands of politicians and economists and beyond the petty squabbles of party politics. Praise for Arts of Resistance An inspiration, a revelation and education, as to the extraordinary richness and organic cohesion of twentieth-century Scottish culture, full of intellectual adventure and openness to the wider world… full of passion and intelligence… This is a landmark book. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
A Nation Again: Why Independence will be Good for Scotland (and England too)
bookArguing for Independence: Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues
Stephen Maxwell
bookScotland the Growing Divide: Old Nation, New Ideas
Henry McLeish
bookBlossom: What Scotland Needs to Flourish
Lesley Riddoch
bookAfter Independence: The State of the Scottish Nation Debate
bookThe Case for Left Wing Nationalism
Stephen Maxwell
bookA Modest Proposal: For the Agreement of the People
Angus Reid
bookBritain Rebooted: Scotland in a Federal Union
David Torrance
bookSmall Nations in a Big World: What Scotland Can Learn
Michael Keating
bookThe people we could be: Or how to be £500 better off, build a fairer society and a better planet
Alexander Bell
bookWomen Saying No: Making a Positive Case Against Independence
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