John Ralston Saul

The Unconscious Civilization

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Governor General's Award WinnerTenth Anniverary Edition, with a new preface Our society, John Ralston Saul argues in his 1995 CBC Massey Lectures, is only superficially based on the individual and democracy. Increasingly it is conformist and corporatist, a society in which legitimacy lies with specialist or interest groups and decisions are made through constant negotiations between these groups. The paradox of our situation is that knowledge has not made us conscious. Instead, we have sought refuge in a world of illusion where language is cut off from reality. Reconnecting language to reality, clarifying what we mean by individualism and dem… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-88784-896-4
EAN: 9780887848964
Produktnummer: 33420581
Verlag: House of Anansi Press Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'235 KB

Über den Autor

John Ralston Saul was elected President of International PEN in October 2009. He is author of a number of national bestsellers. He lives in Toronto.Visit John Ralston Saul's website:http://www.johnralstonsaul.com/Follow John Ralston Saul on Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/ralstonsaulnews