{"product_id":"unconscious-civilization","title":"Unconscious Civilization","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eUnconscious Civilization\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn R Saul\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780887847318\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHouse of Anansi Press Inc.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e10th ed.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e226\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGovernor General's Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTenth Anniverary Edition, with a new preface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur society, John Ralston Saul argues in his 1995 CBC Massey Lectures, is only superficially based on the individual and democracy. Increasingly it is conformist and corporatist, a society in which legitimacy lies with specialist or interest groups and decisions are made through constant negotiations between these groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paradox of our situation is that knowledge has not made us conscious. Instead, we have sought refuge in a world of illusion where language is cut off from reality. Reconnecting language to reality, clarifying what we mean by individualism and democracy, making these realities central to the citizen's life, identifying ideologies in order to control them, these are among the first elements of equilibrium which Saul proposes in these lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on democracy, and that increasingly it is conformist and corporatist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Unconscious Civilization | John R Saul | Paperback | 9780887847318 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks H 1769253","offer_id":49518217494680,"sku":"1769253","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/816ktsNID-L.jpg?v=1784619307","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/unconscious-civilization","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}