Pasquinade in E
Slaughtering Some Sacred Cows
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2021
- Category
- Essays, History & Theory, Commentary & Opinion
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927465400
- Publish Date
- Nov 2021
- List Price
- $21.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780776638492
- Publish Date
- Nov 2021
- List Price
- $23.95
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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.