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A collection of essays written
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of essays on Keynes and ideology. political world of the 1990s. Prairie Forum |
224 pages, index
Paperback ISBN:1-895431-22-0 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN:1-895431-23-9 $48.99
TOWARD A HUMANIST POLITICAL ECONOMY Harold Chorney & Phillip Hansen Description: Over the past fifteen years the fundamental assumptions of the liberal democratic foundations of Western society have been undermined by a wave of neo-conservatism. Consequently, the potential for politics to remain committed to a more caring and just society has become an important concern. This book puts forth the view that a more humane and ecologically- sound society is still possible. The authors chart the political changes that have occurred under a neo-conservative influence by focusing on the neglected cultural side of society. Because simple economic explanations and the old left-wing conventions can no longer be relied on to explain and point the way towards a fundamentally reformed society, the authors are guided by the insights of writers as diverse as Hannah Arendt and John Maynard Keynes in questioning the fate of modern politics. Contents: Political Culture & Political Economy. Amnesia, Integration & Repression: The Roots of Canadian Urban Political Culture. Neo-Conservatism, Social Democracy & Province Building: The Experience of Manitoba. The Falling Rate of Legitimation. Economics & Political Economy. The Power of Reason and the Legaccy of Keynes. The Deficit: Hysteria & the Current Crisis. Public Life & Political Economy. Hannah Arendt: Speech & the public Space of Appearance. Orwell and Arendt on Total Control and Ontology. Ideology & Beyond: Adorno Lynd & Some Implications fro Critical Education. Beyond All Reason: Max Weber, Walter Benjamin and Modernity. 220 pages, references . ISBN: 1-895431-22-0 $19.99 Harold Chorney (PhD Univ. of Toronto) is a professor of public policy and social theory at Concordia University. He is the author of two books, one on urban life and the other on deficit and debt management. Phillip Hansen (PhD Univ of Toronto) is a professor of social theory at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, and a specialist in Hannah Arendt and her work.