This is a lecture delivered by John Keane on May 18, 2011 at University of Melbourne. Read the full text of the talk. In this lecture, John Keane explores these conflicting trends and asks: when judged in terms of the democratic...
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the Norway mass killing many people are pondering whether modern democratic communities might have to re-think some of their nostrums about what's said out loud, and how it's said: about whether certain tendencies within communities can...
Read More[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="668"] Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire is reeling under the phone hacking scandal. AAP[/caption] Schadenfreude is the tough-sounding word that wins my vote for describing accurately how millions of people around the world are feeling about Rupert Murdoch’s...
Read MoreAthens is no longer considered by scholars as the birthplace of democracy but all of a sudden it has become the epicentre of a powerful political earthquake rocking the foundations of every democracy in the Atlantic region. Street fighting has turned...
Read MoreProfessor John Keane is in conversation with Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens. This conversation is not meant to be a traditional political interview. It is a discussion between a leading academic and a senior elected representative about...
Read MoreWelcome to “In Conversation”, the first in a series of discussions between leading academics and major public figures in Australian life. Today Politics Professor John Keane is in conversation with Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens. John Keane is Professor...
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