| Description |
199 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
CBC Massey lectures series |
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Massey lectures
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| Contents |
The great leap backwards -- From propaganda to language -- From corporatism to democracy -- From managers and speculators to growth -- From ideology towards equilibrium |
| Summary |
This largely unseen social order has deep and vexing roots in Western thought. Saul examines how this structure is bolstered today by political and intellectual charlatans who misleadingly describe it as a "common sense" arrangement, rather than what it is: an insidious war of attrition against the individual as citizen and the delicate system of open dialogue and doubt that alone guarantees the future of democracy |
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John Ralston Saul argues that while Fascism was defeated in World War II, its "corporatist" doctrines powerfully influence our own society today. Saul explores how these corporatist priorities have now become so woven into our social fabric that they threaten the practice of Western democracy. Our civic order, Saul argues, has been remade to serve the needs of business managers and technocrats. In turn, other parts of society have come to mimic this arrangement as they themselves fracture into competing interest groups and ethnic blocs, virtually eliminating the role of the citizen |
| Analysis |
Civilisation |
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Corporate state |
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Corporatism |
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Democracy |
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Individualism |
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State and the individual |
| Notes |
Originally published: Concord, Ont. : House of Anansi Press, 1995, in series: CBC Massey lecture series |
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Paperback published 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 191-198 |
| Notes |
Originally published: Concord, Ont. : House of Anansi Press, 1995, in series: CBC Massey lecture series |
| Subject |
Business.
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Capitalism.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Civilization, Western.
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Corporate state.
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Democracy.
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Fascism -- Influence.
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Individualism.
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Political science.
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Technocracy.
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| Author |
Saul, John Ralston, 1947-
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| LC no. |
96041910 |
| ISBN |
0684832577 |
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0684871084 (paperback) |
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