Journalism and Mass Communication (Beijing) August 2022 View PDF in Chinese...
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By John Keane War becomes the twin of communication: the development of media has not only changed how warfare is reported, but also how it’s fought. The working rule of the warriors is to spread strategic information and disinformation at every...
Read MoreThe interview was originally published on Avvenire (Rome). Intervista. Il politologo John Keane: in democrazia serve umiltà Alessandro Zaccuri martedì 16 marzo 2021 Secondo il filosofo «l’attuale crisi dei processi di rappresentanza può essere affrontata consolidando e moltiplicando gli organismi di controllo partecipativo, che fanno...
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Sensationalism has focused on fistfights over toilet rolls, but the real story is the withdrawal of democratic oversight, and how little public resistance there is to the declaration of martial law. Power granted is power conceded; and power relinquished is...
Read Moreيوسف النعيمي كل ثورة روحيّة تحمل داخلها احتمالًا لثورة عالمية *المؤرخ مارك ليلا يشهد العالم اليوم ثورات وانتفاضات اجتاحت الشرق والغرب. فغربًا تشهد تشيلي حراكًا مناهضًا للتفاوت الاقتصادي وللرأسمالية. وشرقًا لم تزل هونج كونج منتفضة منذ مارس (آذار) الماضي، وحاملة لمطالبها الخمسة...
Read MoreWashington and Beijing may not admit it, but the truth is our planet, for the first time ever, is in the sway of two globally entangled empires. Does this brave new era need more ‘cold warriors’ – or an open-minded...
Read MoreJohn Keane, University of Sydney In March 2003, the Howard government involved Australia in an illegal military invasion of Iraq. The consequences of that war continue to be devastating for the people of Iraq and the wider Middle East. The prime...
Read MoreDuring the past year, The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network, a global partnership of researchers, journalists, activists, policymakers and citizens concerned with the future of democracy, have published a lengthy series of scholarly reflections on the causes and consequences...
Read MoreLudwig Wittgenstein, in Swansea, Wales, September 1947. Ben Richards John Keane, University of Sydney The following notes on the politics of rising uncertainty and the future of democracy were prepared for the inaugural CISS global forum, Peace and Security under Uncertainty, Quarantine Station,...
Read MoreWith the likes of Pablo Iglesias and Ada Colau coming to power in Spain, we are witnessing the rise of the ‘post-representatives’. Barcelona En Comú/flickr, CC BY-SA Ramón Andrés Feenstra, Universitat Jaume I; Andreu Casero-Ripolles, Universitat Jaume I; John Keane, University of...
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