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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, History & Theory, Commentary & Opinion
  • 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
    9780776638515
    Publish Date
    Nov 2021
    List Price
    $32.97

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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 (1936–2019), O.C., MRSC, was Professor Emeritus at the Telfer School of Management and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Royal Society of Arts of London, and served as President of the Royal Society of Canada (2003–2005). He studied at Laval, Queen's (Canada) and at the University of California (Los Angeles) where he was Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics. He taught at Carleton University for almost 20 years before joining the University of Ottawa in 1981. He received honorary doctorates from Queen's, Laval, and Thompson Rivers University, received the Public Service Citation Award of APEX, and was made Honorary Member of l'Association des économistes québécois. He was made Member of the Order of Canada in 1992.

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