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Necessary Illusions
Noam Chomsky considers how a democratized media could give us more meaningful participation in social and political life.
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{"id":7055104999483,"title":"Owlish","handle":"owlish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe winner of a 2021 PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant, \u003cem\u003eOwlish\u003c\/em\u003e is a fantastically eerie debut novel that is also a bold exploration of life under oppressive regimes. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a city called Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lackluster career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina named Aliss who has tantalizingly sprung to life. Guided by his mysterious friend Owlish and inspired by an inexplicably familiar painting, Q embarks on an all-consuming love affair with Aliss, oblivious to the protests spreading across the university that have left his classrooms all but empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mountainous city of Nevers is itself a mercurial character with concrete flesh, glimmering new construction, and “colonial flair.” Having fled there as a child refugee, Q thought he knew the faces of the city and its people, but Nevers is alive with secrets and shape-shifting geographies.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-12-05T13:38:23-05:00","created_at":"2022-12-05T13:15:50-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult BIPOC Voices","Anansi International","By (author) Tse Dorothy","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2023-05-16","Technology \u0026 Politics","Translated by Bruce Natascha"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41002635558971,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011581","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Owlish - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":277,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487011581","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41002636083259,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011598","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Owlish - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487011598","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ddf08ec-2b1c-453b-9a2c-1bdaa7296e52.jpg?v=1709621372"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ddf08ec-2b1c-453b-9a2c-1bdaa7296e52.jpg?v=1709621372","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24267421122619,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ddf08ec-2b1c-453b-9a2c-1bdaa7296e52.jpg?v=1709621372"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6ddf08ec-2b1c-453b-9a2c-1bdaa7296e52.jpg?v=1709621372","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe winner of a 2021 PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant, \u003cem\u003eOwlish\u003c\/em\u003e is a fantastically eerie debut novel that is also a bold exploration of life under oppressive regimes. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a city called Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lackluster career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina named Aliss who has tantalizingly sprung to life. Guided by his mysterious friend Owlish and inspired by an inexplicably familiar painting, Q embarks on an all-consuming love affair with Aliss, oblivious to the protests spreading across the university that have left his classrooms all but empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mountainous city of Nevers is itself a mercurial character with concrete flesh, glimmering new construction, and “colonial flair.” Having fled there as a child refugee, Q thought he knew the faces of the city and its people, but Nevers is alive with secrets and shape-shifting geographies.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Her sage and serious characters are cast adrift in realities that are neither sage nor serious at all—and possibly impossible. Her parallel worlds and paradoxes brilliantly illuminate our own reality, with all its fictions masquerading as facts (and vice versa). Boundlessly creative, richly philosophical—I loved this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Joanna Kavenna, author of Zed","OtherText_Accolades_5":"\u003cp\u003eBy turns playful and melancholy, Dorothy Tse’s tales never fail to mesmerize. They are wonderfully assured, and genuinely strange.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_5_Auth":"Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of Likes","OtherText_Accolades_6":"\u003cp\u003eTse joins the ranks of artists currently remaking the world, from Yoko Tawada to César Aira.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Joyelle McSweeney, author of Toxicon and Arachne","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn one level, the novel is about a middle-aged professor’s doomed love affair with a doll named Aliss. But it is also a highly ambitious and original exploration of life under oppressive political regimes. Set in an alternate near-future, \u003cem\u003eOwlish\u003c\/em\u003e is a boldly innovative wake-up call, forcing readers to confront the perils of apathy, complacency, and indifference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpon original publication the novel was a finalist for the fiction prize at the 2021 Taipei Book Fair. 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Owlish
With your face covered, sneaking into a city you thought you knew, are you still yourself? Or have you crossed to another world, where the streets are unpredictable and the people strangers, where you might at any moment run into some unknown dream version of yourself?
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Red Diaper Baby
The memoir of growing up in a communist family at the height of the Cold War by the late esteemed historian, and political activist James Laxer.
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Given the controversy surrounding Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, no doubt social media manipulation will continue to be a huge topic of discussion. The book publishes just before the 2020 U.S. election, on October 6 in the U.S. and September 29 in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: \u003c\/strong\u003eDeibert’s work has received front-page coverage in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e International Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e. He is internationally renowned, as is the Citizen Lab, which published a report on October 1, 2018, exposing how Saudi espionage targeted the inner circle of \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003ejournalist Jamal Khashoggi (including hacking the iPhone of Canadian permanent resident and close confidante of Khashoggi, Omar Abdulaziz). The report was published the day before Khashoggi’s assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TOP EXPERT IN THE FIELD:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ronald J. Deibert is the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Code: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Dark Side of the Internet\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, an interdisciplinary research and development “hothouse” working at the intersection of the internet, global security, and human rights. He is a leading expert in the field of technology and security.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER OUTLINE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One: Social Media Is Surveillance Capitalism.\u003c\/strong\u003e The economic model of social media is organized around personal data surveillance.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two: Social Media Are Addiction Machines.\u003c\/strong\u003e The science of targeted advertising and the “engineering of consent” at the heart of social media.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three: Social Media Propels Authoritarian Practices.\u003c\/strong\u003e The rise and spread of authoritarian practices worldwide.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Four: Social Media Is Environmentally Destructive.\u003c\/strong\u003e The negative environmental impacts associated with social media, from electronic mining to energy consumption to cloud computing’s contributions to CO2 emissions (which now exceeds that of the airline industry) to the growing problem of electronic waste.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Five: What Is to Be Done?\u003c\/strong\u003e A comprehensive strategy of long-term reform is required, extending from the personal to the political, from the local to the global. We need to imagine a better world and start making it happen before it is too late.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Index_0":"\u003cp\u003eAs a society and a democracy, we are slowly becoming aware of the power, use and more importantly misuse of our digital data. The need for government to grapple with the oversight of this space is clear. Currently, in Canada, it is of pressing importance. In \u003cem\u003eReset\u003c\/em\u003e, an exceptionally well-written and accessible book, Deibert draws upon many real-life and startling examples (GlaxoSmithKlein’s investment in 23andMe). The information and issues, while complex, are effectively synthesized. Despite the promise the internet holds for the future of civilization, Deibert explains the forces that have undermined the nobler purposes and suggests policy to correct these malign forces. The book is compelling and clear and provides a solid case for action on the part of government. And \u003cem\u003eReset\u003c\/em\u003e will make many Canadians more thoughtful about how they use their cellphones.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Index_0_Src":"Donner Prize Jury Citation","OtherText_Index_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReset \u003c\/em\u003eis a sweeping, authoritative journey into the threats of the internet for personal and national security in Canada. Ronald J. Deibert combines leading-edge research and gripping stories to expose the dangerous, even deadly, forces lurking online. With trailblazing originality, he explains why Canadians are at risk, and why it’s time to reset the internet to thwart cybercriminals, safeguard political activists, rein in environmental costs, and restrain the mayhem of social media. \u003cem\u003eReset \u003c\/em\u003esounds a warning siren not only for Canada, but for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Index_1_Src":"Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Jury Citation","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Acute and provocative.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Financial Times","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReset\u003c\/em\u003e is a shocking call to action and a persuasively argued book. It is the sort of text one hopes will be read widely … After all, a reset of the basic infrastructure of life will only come through a profound political reckoning — and like the foment of 1968, it may just be a reconceptualization of what we want and why we want it that finally drives change.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_2":"In clear, concise language, Ronald J. Deibert sounds the alarm about social media’s most dangerous and pervasive threats to human autonomy, from the commodification of data to the ever-expanding reach of the surveillance state to the proliferation of disinformation and other tools of manipulation. Paired with urgent warnings about the perils of our online world, Deibert’s three-pronged formula for change — retreat, reform, restraint – is an urgent call we all should heed.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing","PrizeName_1":"Donner Prize","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2020-09-29","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the economy, the environment, and humanity.","Subtitle":"Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
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{"id":6811233976379,"title":"Securing Democracy","handle":"securing-democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this riveting follow-up to his acclaimed international bestseller \u003ci\u003eNo Place to Hide\u003c\/i\u003e, Glenn Greenwald documents the courageous fight for press freedom in Brazil, where authoritarianism and rampant corruption threaten the most fundamental principles of democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2019, award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald writes in his gripping new book, “a series of events commenced that once again placed me at the heart of a sustained and explosive journalistic controversy.” New reporting by Greenwald and a team of Brazilian journalists had brought to light stunning information about grave corruption, deceit, and wrongdoing by the most powerful political actors in Brazil, his home since 2005. These stories, based on a massive trove of previously undisclosed telephone calls, audio, and text shared by an anonymous source, came to light only months after the January 2019 inauguration of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revelations “had an explosive impact on Brazilian politics” (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) and prompted serious rancor, including direct attacks by President Bolsonaro himself, and ultimately an attempt by the government to criminally prosecute Greenwald for his reporting. “A wave of death threats — in a country where political violence is commonplace — have poured in, preventing me from ever leaving my house for any reason without armed guards and an armored vehicle,” Greenwald writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecuring Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a gripping journey through Brazilian politics as Greenwald, his husband, the left-wing congressman David Miranda, and a powerful opposition movement courageously challenge political corruption, homophobia, and tyranny. Most vitally, Greenwald demonstrates the importance of independent journalism in holding governments to account, reversing injustices, and ultimately securing the freedoms of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-21T12:08:27-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-21T09:50:37-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","Anansi International","By (author) Greenwald Glenn","pub date: 2021-04-06","Technology \u0026 Politics"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40190668570683,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487009601","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Securing Democracy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2295,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487009601","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40190702911547,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487009618","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Securing Democracy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487009618","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40190704681019,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487009625","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Securing Democracy - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487009625","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d49ae65-210c-42c7-b8be-27a2789045da.jpg?v=1648382190"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d49ae65-210c-42c7-b8be-27a2789045da.jpg?v=1648382190","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21823330975803,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.666,"height":2476,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d49ae65-210c-42c7-b8be-27a2789045da.jpg?v=1648382190"},"aspect_ratio":0.666,"height":2476,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_8d49ae65-210c-42c7-b8be-27a2789045da.jpg?v=1648382190","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this riveting follow-up to his acclaimed international bestseller \u003ci\u003eNo Place to Hide\u003c\/i\u003e, Glenn Greenwald documents the courageous fight for press freedom in Brazil, where authoritarianism and rampant corruption threaten the most fundamental principles of democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2019, award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald writes in his gripping new book, “a series of events commenced that once again placed me at the heart of a sustained and explosive journalistic controversy.” New reporting by Greenwald and a team of Brazilian journalists had brought to light stunning information about grave corruption, deceit, and wrongdoing by the most powerful political actors in Brazil, his home since 2005. These stories, based on a massive trove of previously undisclosed telephone calls, audio, and text shared by an anonymous source, came to light only months after the January 2019 inauguration of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revelations “had an explosive impact on Brazilian politics” (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e) and prompted serious rancor, including direct attacks by President Bolsonaro himself, and ultimately an attempt by the government to criminally prosecute Greenwald for his reporting. “A wave of death threats — in a country where political violence is commonplace — have poured in, preventing me from ever leaving my house for any reason without armed guards and an armored vehicle,” Greenwald writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecuring Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a gripping journey through Brazilian politics as Greenwald, his husband, the left-wing congressman David Miranda, and a powerful opposition movement courageously challenge political corruption, homophobia, and tyranny. Most vitally, Greenwald demonstrates the importance of independent journalism in holding governments to account, reversing injustices, and ultimately securing the freedoms of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Greenwald documents the courageous fight for press freedom in Brazil, where authoritarianism and rampant corruption threaten the most fundamental principles of democracy.
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Technology and Empire
Brilliant analysis of the implications of technology-driven globalization on everyday life from one of Canada's most influential philosophers.
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Technology and Justice
Six magnificent and stimulating essays examining the role of technology in shaping how we live, by one of Canada's most influential philosophers.
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What it does, instead, is explain why our world hardly allows them to be posed and hardly gives us the breathing space to think about them. It is, yes, a readable and insightful analysis of our present. But we have a lot of those—maybe too many. 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The Age of Insecurity
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?
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The Box
A stylistically dazzling dystopian novel about things, people, and the forces and seams between them.
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{"id":6818925412411,"title":"The Ethical Imagination","handle":"the-ethical-imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eScience and technology force us to ask some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world, and how we find meaning in life. How we can find a shared ethics for an interdependent world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her 2006 CBC Massey Lectures, ethicist and McGill University professor Margaret Somerville tackles some of the most contentious issues of our times, and proposes a brilliant new kind of ethical language and thought to help us navigate them.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T13:29:09-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T12:11:28-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Somerville Margaret","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 2006-10-01","Technology \u0026 Politics","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249071501371,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847479","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Ethical Imagination - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887847479","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249073139771,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848834","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Ethical Imagination - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848834","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249073434683,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770896215","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Ethical Imagination - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770896215","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_50a434e6-d2dc-439f-b88d-b0a320bbec80.jpg?v=1678596671"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_50a434e6-d2dc-439f-b88d-b0a320bbec80.jpg?v=1678596671","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324495085627,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_50a434e6-d2dc-439f-b88d-b0a320bbec80.jpg?v=1678596671"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_50a434e6-d2dc-439f-b88d-b0a320bbec80.jpg?v=1678596671","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eScience and technology force us to ask some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world, and how we find meaning in life. How we can find a shared ethics for an interdependent world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her 2006 CBC Massey Lectures, ethicist and McGill University professor Margaret Somerville tackles some of the most contentious issues of our times, and proposes a brilliant new kind of ethical language and thought to help us navigate them.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Ethical Imagination
Ethicist and McGill University professor Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethics for an interdependent world.
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The Future of Capitalism
The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate considers whether the capitalist system is broken.
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The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond?
The eighteenth semi-annual Munk Debate discusses the West’s response to the global refugee crisis.
