Political Economy in the Modern State Paperback / softback
by Harold A. Innis
Edited by Robert E. Babe, Edward A. Comor
Paperback / softback
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Political Economy in the Modern State is Harold Innis’s transitional and, in some respects, his most transformative book.
Completed in 1946, it is a collection of fifteen chapters plus a remarkable Preface selected and crafted to address four main themes: the problem of power and peace in the post-War era; the ascent of specialized and mechanized forms of knowledge involving, most particularly, the media, the state, and the academy; the crisis facing civilization and, more generally, the modern penchant for unreflexive short-term thinking in the face of mounting contradictions; and Innis’s growing focus on what would be called media bias. In this new edition, editors Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor provide not only a general introduction to Innis’s largely forgotten book but also dedicated introductions to each of its fifteen chapters and a comprehensive index.
Together, Babe and Comor demonstrate how Innis’s volume reflects a shift in Innis’s focus, away from analytical relativism towards, instead, a reflexive search for objective truths.
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- Pages:432 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:26/10/2018
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- ISBN:9781487522926
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:26/10/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781487522926