The unconscious civilization (CBC Massey lectures)
Prix littéraires (romans), Essais et documents primés, Essais et documents généraux, Politique et gouvernement
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Saul, a Canadian essayist and novelist, claims that 20th century ideologies have promoted truisms that undermine the acquisition of knowledge and reason and the quest for the public good. Instead, managers and technocrats are seen as gods, passive and conformist… politics abound, and only salesmanship, style and fashion are seen as meaningful. Saul argues that the average citizen must rise above a smothering bureaucracy and today's mindless devotion to "corporatism" to pursue knowledge and active, publicly interested civic engagement. Winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.