Argues that blind faith in reason has resulted in problems in every phase of social life, suggests reason is an administrative method rather than a moral force, and proposes some solutions

Product Description: One of Canada's top novelists examines the life and work of another Canadian Great. Both Richler and Vassanji are award-winning novelists who regarded themselves as outsiders in their respective societies—one a Jew in Quebec, the other an Indian in Tanzania who emigrated to Canada...read more

Product Description: In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed...read more

Mark Kingwell, John Ralston Saul, Jan Zwicky, Thomas Hurka, Will Kymlicka, Graeme Hunter, Paul and Patricia Churchland, Michel Seymour, Arthur Schafer, Charles Taylor-the list of Canadian philosophers who have made important contributions to public debate is a long one. Here, in a single volume we find their views on topics ranging from free speech to free trade, from science to citizenship, from terrorism to tyranny, and from ethics to the environment.In the Agora celebrates the unique perspectives, distinctive voices, and important contributions of Canadian philosophers by bringing together some of the nations' top minds to speak candidly on issues of popular public debate. Following a foreword by John Ralston Saul, editors Andrew D. Irvine and John S. Russell have carefully collected over a hundred essays into an accessible, controversial, and lively book that delves into any number of significant issues.A spirited and engaging read, In the Agora effectively illustrates how Canadian philosophers have contributed to public discourse and enriched our world. It is a collection that is sure to prompt both interest and debate.Contributors:Paul M. ChurchlandAndrew IrvineThomas HurkaTrudy GovierJeffrey FossJan ZwickyJames Robert BrownPatricia Smith ChurchlandRay JenningsMark KingwellJohn RussellIan HackingWilliam HareGraeme HunterJohn WoodsThomas De KoninckDavid GauthierCharles TaylorPeter LoptsonJan NarvesonJohn DixonLeo Groarke Paul GroarkeStan PerskyGrant BrownSusan SherwinLeslie BurkholderMichel SeymourWill KymlickaJohn RalstonSaulAlister BrowneLou MarinoffSteven Davis

Product Description: In the next decade, six million North American families will be caring for someone with a disability. But other disabled people are not so lucky, left to live in isolation and without support in an era of federal and state cutbacks...read more

Product Description: Globalization, like many great geopolitical ideologies before it, is now officially dead. Contrary to the hopes of those who supported the global ideal, the years since the end of the Cold War have seen the return of nationalism, often is quite vociferous forms...read more

Product Description: Is it moral to sacrifice one's life for a higher goal? Why do many in the U.S. think it admirable to join the army but despicable for Palestinians to sign up with Hamas? How can we actually determine "evil" and "good" in the daily world? These practical questions cut to the heart of what it means to be human...read more

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Argues that civic order has been made to serve the needs of corporate powers and that the individual is gradually losing more and more power

Product Description: Book by Saul, John Ralston

Offers critical definitions and discussions of various topics from air-conditioning and bankers to the war on drugs and zap

Drunk, businessman, journalist, John Field finds his life becomes much more purposeful when he investigates the death of an ex-lover in steamy Bangkok, Thailand

Sent to Hanoi to secure a promise of permits for offshore oil exploration, Martin Laing finds himself trying to unload five billion dollars worth of blacklisted U.S. arms and ammunition after the Vietnam War

James Spenser, ex-curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum, attempts to smuggle twenty precious statues depicting the life of Buddha across the Thai border