Political Economy in the Modern State / / Harold Innis; Edward Comor, Robert Babe

• Autore: Innis Harold
• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 314 pages)
• Disciplina: 320
• Soggetto topico: Economic history
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Canadian economic history; Harold Innis; capacity; civilization; culture; knowledge; mediabias; ontology; political economy; staples
• Persona (resp. second.): BabeRobert; ComorEdward
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Brief 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; Contents; PREFACE; 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 SYSTEM9. 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.0In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Political Economy in the Modern State
• ISBN: 1-4875-1891-9; 1-4875-1890-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793364903321
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