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The Unconscious Civilization (Paperback)

by John Ralston Saul (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (7 May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140264647
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140264647
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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This work argues that the West now toils unconsciously in the grip of a stifling "corporatist" structure that serves the needs of business managers and technocrats, as it promotes the segmentation of society into competing interest groups and ethnic blocks.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping & sophisticated wake-up-call, yet easy to read., 5 Mar 1999
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This review is from: The Unconscious Civilization (Hardcover)
I find myself highly recommending this book whenever the conversation turns to either the continuously eroding confidence of modern society in the public sector, or the increasing reliance on free market mechanisms as the best way to organize production and distribution in society. In this concise and convincing piece Saul argues that we are acting rather irresponsibly as citizens, abandoning the democratic institutions that can best articulate our needs and priorities as a society and allowing private sector entities to assume greater and greater control over our lives. While those who have not read the book may dismiss such arguments as anti-capitalist ideology, Saul's tone is in fact very measured and thoughtful, and the ideas he so deftly explores leave the reader with considerable food for thought. Moreover, the style of the writing is not at all academic - the book is as easy and enjoyable to read as it is thought-provoking.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for all concerned about the "global economy.", 24 Dec 1999
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Ralston Saul has done it again--another penetrating and succinct analysis of democracy, globalisation and the state of Western civilisation. Among other things, Ralston Saul argues for a clear division between the economic and political, maintaining that economic structures such as capitalism possess of themselves no mechanisms for the protection of people's rights, the environment, or the public interest. Such systems should be subordinated to democratic political bodies whose agendas flow from the voting public, not from the interests of a private elite. Ralston Saul argues for an increase in "non-technical" education as a tool for equipping the populace to take back control of "global" affairs, and as an antidote for our society's lack of conscious awareness.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A slap on the wrist for bottom-line, cut-back economics, 19 Nov 1996
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We first encountered this book on the radio as part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations' Massey Lecture series, on which this book is based. It is a gutsy and wide-ranging book that dares to criticize many of the leading ideas of current economic thought, such as (1) international currency trading is a great way to make money (except that it doesn't make any jobs) (2) all governments need to reduce deficits by cutting services. (and then what?) (3) the only meaningful value of something is it's economic value. (is an education less valuable than a golf ball?) He's an intellectual muckraker, a philosopher who went back and read what Adam Smith *really* wrote about. And it is readable, too. We recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive
Saul's works are thoroughly researched and his ideas are original, intelligent, sometimes a little depressing, but exciting and honest. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Saul is a modern secular prophet!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lucid and cogent review of our current social delimma
John Ralston Saul argues for commonsense oral dialogue and doubt as the best guarentors for democracy rather than reliance on structure. Read more
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