The Flight of the Intellectuals by Paul Berman
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Category: Contemporary Thought
It created a worldwide furore when Tariq Ramadan was barred from US entry to accept a prestigious appointment at Notre Dame University. In a gripping portrait, Paul Berman details Ramadan's disturbing ties to radical Islam, and notes a troubling tendency among Western liberals to overlook his questionab ...Show more
Detritus: Addressing Culture and the Arts by Robyn Archer
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Category: Contemporary Thought
UWA Publishing has gathered together a selection of Robyn Archer's most memorable keynote speeches and memorial lectures from the past seven years. These words were written to be 'performed' and as such Robyn regards them as Detritus, that which remains of the act of public speaking. Grappling with the ...Show more
Not with a Bang But a Whimper by Theodore Dalrymple
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Category: Contemporary Thought
Liberty in the Age of Terror: A defence of civil liberties and enlightenment news by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our o ...Show more
With Stendhal by Simon Leys
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Category: Contemporary Thought
With Stendhal is a delightful composite portrait of one of the world's great novelists. Simon Leys introduces and translates into English for the first time three linked pieces- the recollections of Stendhal's famous friend Prosper Mérimée, the impressions of novelist George Sand, and a recently discove ...Show more
Men of Bad Character by Kathleen Stewart
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Category: Contemporary Thought
Do you ever really know the man you love? When Rose’s eighteen-year relationship ends in the most shocking and unexpected way, she emerges from years of what she thought was a loving relationship and realizes the extent to which she was being emotionally manipulated and controlled. While trying to pick ...Show more
God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World and Why Their Differences Matter by Stephen Prothero
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Category: Contemporary Thought
Is religion toxic or tonic? Is it a force for good or for evil? The answer is 'all of the above' - which is to say that religion is a force far too powerful to be ignored. God is Not One is the essential guide to learning about and understanding religion and its place in our global culture today, writte ...Show more
What's Happening to Our Boys? by Maggie Hamilton
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Category: Contemporary Thought
What kind of world are our boys growing up in? Childhood and teenage life is changing rapidly leaving parents wondering how best to tackle the many issues boys face. These include things such as increasing pressure on young boys to buy into consumerist culture, their exposure to violent video games, ear ...Show more
Goodbye to All That?: On the Failure of Neo-liberalism and the Urgency of Change by Robert Manne
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Category: Contemporary Thought
Explores what the global financial crisis means for Australia. Looks past 'neo-liberalism' and 'economic rationalism' and asks what kind of social democracy we might hope for in the future. Are the heady days of deregulation and privatisation over? How might we rethink the challenge of climate change, o ...Show more
The Element - How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson; Lou Aronica
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Category: Contemporary Thought
A New York Times-bestselling breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement from the one of the world's leading thinkers on creativity and self-fulfillment. You, Your Child, and School is forthcoming from Viking. The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When peo ...Show more
The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited by John Carroll
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Category: Contemporary Thought
Humanism built western civilization as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture: Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velzquez, Descartes, Kant, and Freud. T ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull by Annabel Crabb
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Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Quarterly Essay
Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far? What can we expect in the years ahead? This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. It is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fas ...Show more