The Life and Death of Democracy ABC Radio Queensland
John Keane was guest of Steve Austin's Evenings on ABC Radio Queensland- 03 March 2010, 9:15 PM. Discussing his book The Life and Death of Democracy ...
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03
March
2010
Audio
Charisma, Democracy, History
John Keane interviewed by Paul Kildea for Final draft, Radio 2SER FM, Sydney...
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26
November
2009
Is Democracy Not For Everyone?
4 October 2009 IQ2 Australian Debate Winston Churchill famously said that democracy was the worst form of government - except for all the others that have been tried. In western countries like Australia the universal good of democracy is simply assumed. But...
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04
October
2009
John Keane
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Will democracy survive?
Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke Inside Story There are some shocks in John Keane’s latest book, The Life and Death of Democracy. First, he punctures the “democracy started in Athens” myth – “assembly democracy,”...
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15
September
2009
John Keane
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The State of Democracies Around the World
Late Night Live Democracy: "the invention was a potent form of wishful thinking that is still with us today" so says the scholar John Keane. As we wait for the results from Afghanistan's recent elections; observe the passionate protests in Iran...
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26
August
2009
John Keane
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Is democracy dead? in PM’s ABC Australia
PM's ABC Australia In the words of Winston Churchill, "democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." That implies, of course, that democracy is just one thing, when its history indicates that it has been...
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24
August
2009
Night Waves
BBC RADIO 3, 21:15, 11 June 2009, Rana Mitter talked with John Keane on democracy's future. Susannah Clapp has the first review of The National Theatre's production of Phedre, in which Helen Mirren stars as the eponymous tragic Greek heroine destroyed...
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11
June
2009
Start the Week
8 June 2009, John Keane was guest of Andrew Marr's Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to John Keane about democracy, Katie Mitchell about virgin births and opera, Peter Hall about the vitality of regional theatre and Matthew Gale about Futurism. Originally...
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08
June
2009
The 2009 Eric Paine Memorial Lecture
28 March 2009 14:00 - 16:00 BST John Keane speaks of Paine’s legacy 200 years after his death A special meeting to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Thomas Paine, revolutionary democrat and author of The Rights of Man, The Age of Reasonand Common...
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29
March
2009
A New Politics of Identity
Tuesday 29 April 2008 Time: 6:30-8pm Venue: London School of Economics, Old Theatre, Old Building Speakers: David Goodhart, Professor John Keane, Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh Chair: Professor Lord Tony Giddens At this event, John Keane with David Goodhart (editor of Prospect) discussed Lord Bhikhu Parekh’s...
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29
April
2008