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 ...
Read MoreJohn 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 ...
Read MoreJohn Keane interviewed by Paul Kildea for Final draft, Radio 2SER FM, Sydney...
Read More4 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...
Read MoreDemocracy 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,”...
Read MoreLate 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...
Read MorePM'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...
Read MoreBBC 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...
Read More8 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...
Read More28 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...
Read MoreTuesday 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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