BEGINNINGS Forty years ago, mere mention of the phrase civil society generally caused puzzlement mixed with misunderstanding and confusion.1 The two small words functioned as conversation stoppers. They seemed otherworldly, ghostly, and sterile; they sounded like nonwords. There were exceptions. Talk...
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'El Regreso de la Sociedad Civil', Letras Libres (February 2021) John Keane COMIENZOS Hace cuarenta años, la mera mención del sin- tagma sociedad civil causaba una mezcla de des- concierto, malentendido y confusión. Las dos pequeñas palabras servían para detener la conversación. Parecían...
Read MoreDecoding the new Chinese empire John Keane, Australian Foreign Affairs 11 (February 2021) When future historians look back on our discordant times, they will surely note an epochal shift of global importance: the return of China, after nearly two centuries of humiliation,...
Read MoreDesperacja despotów Prof. John Keane, politolog, o tym, jak ustrój państwa i jakość przywódców wpływają na skuteczność walki z pandemią. JACEK ŻAKOWSKI: – Czego o naszych demokracjach dowiedzieliśmy się przez rok pandemii? JOHN KEANE: – To już rok? 7 stycznia 2020 r. Chiny...
Read More'Hopes for Civil Society', Global Perspectives, 1 (1), August 2020 [gview file="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/14130-hopes-for-civil-society.pdf"]...
Read More10th June 2010 Do we still need enlightenment values? John Keane, Nigel Warburton, Robert Rowland Smith and Matthew Taylor argue for their ideal enlightenment values for the 21st century. Originally published on The RSA ...
Read MoreUusdespotismi pealetung ja demokraatia tulevik John Keane: „Populismile omaselt kerkivad esile reeglina meessoost demagoogid, kes kuulutavad enese fiktiivse „suveräänse“ rahva avatarideks. Need jõumehed on justkui rahva kõhurääkijad.“ MARI-LIIS JAKOBSON, TÕNIS SAARTS, JOONATAN NÕGISTO Sel kevadtalvel väisas Tallinna ülikooli ühiskonnateaduste instituudi korraldatud konverentsi „Ärevad...
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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 MoreGOST KOLUMNIST: John Keane: Demokracija i Velika pošast Autor: Nacional Image by Nina Wang Može biti da ‘demokratske’ osobine ovog vrlo zaraznog virusa, njegova izvanredna sposobnost da bez ikakve diskriminacije napadne bilo koga, bilo gdje, od Harveyja Weinsteina, Borisa Johnsona do princa Charlesa, umanjuju...
Read MoreA critical commentary on the remarks on populism made by Chantal Mouffe, whose contribution at the same conference is here. ...
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