Political Economy in the Modern State
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2018
- Category
- Media Studies, Economic Conditions, General, History & Theory
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781487503840
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $111.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487522926
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $49.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487518912
- Publish Date
- Nov 2018
- List Price
- $49.95
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Description
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.
About the authors
Harold A. Innis (1894-1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history.
Robert E. Babe is a professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
Edward Comor is a professor and faculty scholar in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
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