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Max Wyman: The Compassionate Imagination (Paperback) 3 stars

A radical reimagining of the role of art and culture in contemporary democracy, The Compassionate …

Not bad, but honestly a bit disappointing

3 stars

In broad strokes this is a hard book to criticize, mainly because I agree in general with the thesis of the book: arts and culture are an important part of society and there needs to be better funding and access to them. Whether Wyman's idea of a "New Canadian Cultural Contract" and of a foundation that takes over the Canada Council for the arts' responsibilities would work, that's a different topic altogether...

I do have some issues with the book, though. It is normal to support your thesis with examples of how the things you are proposing could work, but honestly most of the book is a list of examples. I think the point could have been made with half as many examples and it would have been a more amenable read; would have been easier to hold each chapter's ideas in your mind as you read.

Then there's some …