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    Political Economy in the Modern State

    Harold A. Innis (Author), Robert E. Babe (Edited by), Edward A. Comor (Edited by)

    9781487522926

    Paperback / softback, published 26 October 2018

    432 pages
    22.9 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.64 kg

    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.

    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
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