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. 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0684871084
ISBN-13
9780684871080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1631296
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unconscious Civilization
Author
John Ralston Saul
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
1999
Genre
History, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
96-041910
Dewey Decimal
909/.09821
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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