{"product_id":"the-unconscious-civilization-9780684871080","title":"The Unconscious Civilization","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eVoltaire's Bastards\u003c\/i\u003e comes a philosophical examination of how corporatism has become so deeply ingrained into our society, how it's destroying democracy, and how we can fight against it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this intellectual tour de force John Ralston Saul argues that our society is only superficially based on the individual and democracy, and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaul, John Ralston:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Ralston Saul is the International President of PEN International, an essayist, novelist, and long-time champion of freedom of expression. His works have been translated into twenty-three languages in thirty countries, are widely taught in universities, and central to the debate over contemporary society in many countries. They include the philosophical trilogy: \u003ci\u003eVoltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doubter's Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Unconscious Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e, and its conclusion, \u003ci\u003eOn Equilibrium\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eThe Collapse of Globalism\u003c\/i\u003e, he predicted today's economic crisis. In the autumn of 2012, he published his first novel in fifteen years, \u003ci\u003eDark Diversions: A Traveller's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, a picaresque novel about the life of modern nouveaux riches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis awards include South Korea's Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Pablo Neruda Medal, Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction, the inaugural Gutenberg Galaxy Award for Literature, and Italy's Premio Letterario Internazionale. He is a Companion in the Order of Canada and a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. He is the recipient of seventeen honorary degrees.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523697611026,"sku":"9780684871080","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b0a30d18-24e7-4268-8a8f-9775e81cd477.jpg?v=1731162871","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unconscious-civilization-9780684871080","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}