By Mark Bahnisch on February 26, 2010
There’s been a bit of word play on another thread about John Quiggin‘s discussion of the coinage of the term ‘Agnatology’ to describe “the study of the manufacture of ignorance”. There are resonances between his diagnosis of the political right [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Feminism, History, International, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged ALP, autonomy, bogan politics, Donald Sassoon, end of ideology, Feminism, Geoffrey Barker, ideology, ignorance, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Labour party, labourism, left, Liberal Democrats, liberation movements, light on the hill, managerialism, mutulalism, New Labour, Nina Power, Nordic democracies, political culture, political economy, political institutions, political sociology, right, Rudd government, social change, social democracy, socialism, Sociology, sweden, Third Way, transformation |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 28, 2009
Writing in the always fabulous London Review of Books, David Bromwich has a very interesting argument on why Barack Obama has been something of a disappointment. Though Bromwich’s political commitments are fairly well known – at least to readers of [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on August 20, 2009
In today’s Crikey, Guy Rundle segues from the latest round of “Nats should leave the Coalition” talk (refracted, this time, if The Australian is to be believed, predictably through the Malcolm Turnbull leadership prism) to a consideration of the impact of environmental crisis on rural voters.
Posted in Activism, Australiana, Culture, Environment, Politics, Sociology | Tagged Australian culture, Australian Greens, Coalition, Culture, greens, Guy Rundle, historical sociology, ideology, left, Nationals, political culture, Queensland Greens, right, rural, rural sociology, Sociology, urban |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 11, 2009
Years ago, I used to read Quadrant – incidentally before Robert Manne became editor, if I recall correctly. Back in the day, there was a sense that there was some sort of contest of ideas, and thus there was some [...]
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