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Political economy in the modern state

Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams), 1894-1952, author, Babe, Robert E, Comor, Edward A., 1962-

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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.\"--Half-title page.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Economics. / Canada Economic conditions.
• ISBN: 1487522924, 9781487522926, 1487503849, 9781487503840

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HB171.5.I54 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE