{"product_id":"unusual-suspects-essays-on-social-learning-9780776638881","title":"Unusual Suspects: Essays on Social Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnusual Suspects: Essays on Social Learning\u003c\/em\u003e looks into the forces at work that have undermined critical thinking and sound intellectual inquiry in the world of public affairs in Canada, have fostered reductive perspectives and destructive blockages to collaborative governance to emerge, and have succeeded in blinding observers to the real sources of the present Canadian malaise, blocking the road to imaginative repairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I \u003c\/strong\u003edeals frontally with the twilight of critical thinking that has led to a dramatic weakening of the critical examination of issues, and the process of inquiry that has been significantly weakened by ever narrower perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II \u003c\/strong\u003efocuses on two mental prisons: the obsessive and reductive insistence on a quantophrenic twist (only that which can be quantified counts); and the failure by crucial partners to live up to the requirements of their burden of office in circumstances when disloyalty considerably enfeebles the possibility of effective collaborative governance and the chance for organizations to succeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III \u003c\/strong\u003esuggests that it is not impossible to get rid of the blinders preventing the adoption of more synoptic approaches, and the exploration of more imaginative designs to repair our organizations and institutions. Ways to deal with the challenges facing the Canadian socio-economy are hinted at, and the work of a successful social architect showcased. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conclusion makes the case for an approach that is both synoptic and guided by reasonableness - against the dogmas of disciplines and skimpy rationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Invenire Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776638881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Gilles Paquet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403532103861,"sku":"9780776638881","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5983dc36-300b-40bb-9150-dc3b1bb41950.jpg?v=1774969575","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unusual-suspects-essays-on-social-learning-9780776638881","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}