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Format: 1 online resource (432 p.)

ISBN: 9781487518905

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction to Political Economy in the Modern State -- , Chapter Introductions to Political Economy in the Modern State -- , Political Economy in the Modern State -- , PREFACE -- , CONTENTS -- , 1. THE NEWSPAPER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- , 2. AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- , 3. THE PROBLEMS OF REHABILITATION -- , 4. A PLEA FOR THE UNIVERSITY TRADITION -- , 5. THE UNIVERSITY IN THE MODERN CRISIS -- , 6. ON THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS -- , 7. POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE MODERN STATE -- , 8. THE PENETRATIVE POWERS OF THE PRICE SYSTEM -- , 9. LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE AS A FACTOR IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT -- , 10. UNUSED CAPACITY AS A FACTOR IN CANADIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY -- , 11. THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNUSED CAPACITY -- , 12. IMPERFECT REGIONAL COMPETITION AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC SEABOARD -- , 13. DECENTRALIZATION AND DEMOCRACY -- , 14. TRANSPORTATION AND THE TARIFF -- , 15. REFLECTIONS ON RUSSIA -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.3138/9781487518905

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518905

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URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487518905

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