Political Economy in the Modern State / / Harold Innis; ed. by Robert Babe, Edward Comor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Innis, Harold,
• MitwirkendeR: Babe, Robert E.,; Comor, Edward A.,; Innis, Harold A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Babe, Robert,; Comor, Edward,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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