{"product_id":"unruly-voices-essays-on-democracy-civility-and-the-human-imagination-paperback","title":"Unruly Voices: Essays on Democracy, Civility and the Human Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Kingwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker and a patient teacher ... His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world.\"--Naomi Klein, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Logo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet the \"fast zombie\" citizen of the current world. He is a rapid, brainless carrier of preference-driven consumption. His Facebook-style 'likes' replace complex notions of personhood. Legacy college admissions and status-seekers gobble up his idea of public education, and positional market reductions hollow out his sense of shared goods. Meanwhile, the political debates of his 24-hour-a-day newscycle are picked clean by pundits, tortured by tweets. Forget the TV shows and doomsday scenarios; when it comes to democracy, the zombie apocalypse may already be here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the publication of \u003ci\u003eA Civil Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), philosopher Mark Kingwell has been urging us to consider how monstrous, self-serving public behaviour can make it harder to imagine and achieve the society we want. Now, with \u003ci\u003eUnruly Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, Kingwell returns to the subjects of democracy, civility, and political action, in an attempt to revitalize an intellectual culture too-often deadened by its assumptions of personal advantage and economic value. These 17 new essays, where zombies share pages with cultural theorists, poets, and presidents, together argue for a return to the imagination--and from their own unruly voices rises a sympathetic democracy to counter the strangeness of the postmodern political landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Kingwell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of sixteen books and a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Kingwell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written for publications ranging from \u003ci\u003eAdbusters\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAuto Racing Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his twelve books of political and cultural theory are the Canadian best-sellers \u003ci\u003eBetter Living, The World We Want\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConcrete Reveries\u003c\/i\u003e. In order to secure financing for their continued indulgence he has also written about his various hobbies, including fishing, baseball, cocktails, and contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48902611370233,"sku":"9781926845845","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3KsMbw0Kx79781926845845.webp?v=1787766788","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unruly-voices-essays-on-democracy-civility-and-the-human-imagination-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}