Full 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.
Contents
Editors' Introduction
PREFACE
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 1
1. THE NEWSPAPER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 2
2. AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 3
3. THE PROBLEMS OF REHABILITATION
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 4
4. A PLEA FOR THE UNIVERSITY TRADITION
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 5
5. THE UNIVERSITY IN THE MODERN CRISIS
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 6
6. ON THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 7
7. POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE MODERN STATE
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 8
8. THE PENETRATIVE POWERS OF THE PRICE SYSTEM
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 9
9. LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE AS A FACTOR IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 10
10. UNUSED CAPACITY AS A FACTOR IN CANADIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 11
11. THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UNUSED CAPACITY
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 12
12. IMPERFECT REGIONAL COMPETITION AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC SEABOARD
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 13
13. DECENTRALIZATION AND DEMOCRACY
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 14
14. TRANSPORTATION AND THE TARIFF
Editors' Introduction to Chapter 15
15. REFLECTIONS ON RUSSIA
Index
