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Political Science Essays

Pasquinade in E

Slaughtering Some Sacred Cows

by (author) Gilles Paquet

Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2021
Category
Essays, Commentary & Opinion, History & Theory
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927465400
    Publish Date
    Nov 2021
    List Price
    $21.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780776638492
    Publish Date
    Nov 2021
    List Price
    $23.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780776638508
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

Pasquinade is a satire or critical comment traditionally posted in a public place in ancient Rome; in particular, on the statue of Pasquino. Pasquinades in E is Gilles Paquet’s contribution to this waning tradition.
These essays are exercises in critical thinking. They aim to exorcise a number of mental prisons about aspects of governing, and at denouncing pathologies in our ways of thinking and governing ourselves, by exposing their toxic nature. Silence on such matters connotes tacit agreement with toxic nonsense and, therefore, guilt by association for the ensuing mal-governance.

About the author

Gilles Paquet is professor emeritus at the Telfer School of Management and senior research fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. He has authored or edited over 35 books and published a large number of papers on economics, public management and governance.

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