Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams) 1894-1952 creator author. Babe, Robert E. editor. Comor, Edward A. 1962 editor. text bibliography onc 2018 monographic eng

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xcv, xix, 314 pages ; 24 cm "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."--Half-title page. Acknowledgments- introduction to political economy in the modern state, Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor- Chapter introductions to political economy in the modern state. Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor- Political Economy in the Modern State, Harold A. Innis- Index, compiled by Robert E.Babe and Edward A Comor. Harold A. Innis ; edited and introduced by Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor. "First published in Toronto by Ryerson Press in 1946"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-cn--- Economics Économie politique Economic history Economics Ciencias económicas Economía política Historia económica Canada Economic conditions Canada Conditions économiques Canada HB 171.5 I58p 2018 330 1487522924 (paperback) 9781487522926 (paperback) 1487503849 (cloth) 9781487503840 (cloth) YDX 190704 20230411090127.0 spa