The Unconscious Civilization

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book non-fiction book

The Unconscious Civilization is a non-fiction book by Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul that critiques modern corporate and consumer culture for undermining democracy and civic responsibility.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
advocatesFor active citizenship ⓘ
civic humanism ⓘ
public debate ⓘ
argues citizens have become passive consumers ⓘ
corporate and bureaucratic structures undermine democracy ⓘ
democracy requires engaged, conscious citizens ⓘ
author John Ralston Saul ⓘ
basedOn 1995 Massey Lectures ⓘ
centralConcept The Unconscious Civilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: unconscious civilization
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticizes consumerism ⓘ
corporate culture ⓘ
managerial elites ⓘ
technocratic governance ⓘ
defines unconscious civilization as a society unaware of its own ideology ⓘ
genre political philosophy ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
hasForm essay collection ⓘ
hasReception widely discussed in Canadian intellectual circles ⓘ
hasTheme conflict between individualism and common good ⓘ
erosion of public good ⓘ
role of institutions in democracy ⓘ
unconscious acceptance of corporate ideology ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
classical republican thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject citizenship ⓘ
civic responsibility ⓘ
consumer culture ⓘ
corporate power ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
public sphere ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableWorkOf John Ralston Saul ⓘ
philosophicalTradition humanism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
structure series of lectures adapted into book form ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ
students of political philosophy ⓘ
warnsAgainst dominance of economic values over civic values ⓘ
privatization of the public sphere ⓘ
reduction of citizens to consumers ⓘ
workIn Canadian political thought ⓘ

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The Doubter’s Companion → relatedWork → The Unconscious Civilization ⓘ