Written several days ago, the following thoughts on the unfolding crisis in Turkey began their strange life as a tweet. It read: ‘failed Turkish coup shows that in the age of communicative abundance power doesn’t rest only on guns, tanks,...
Read MoreLet’s begin with a discomforting fact often forgotten in recent years: ‘free market’ capitalism is not necessarily the best friend of democracy. Since the early years of the 19th century, especially during periods of economic stagnation and mass unemployment, the...
Read MoreFinally. The finest hour. The day for which all brave and self-respecting Britons have long been waiting. Referendum Day. The pub happy hour when the proud People living under the Union Jack seize their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make things better....
Read More‘Few Chinese, myself included, really knew what rock 'n roll was back then. But we knew it was something that gave out energy. It was music with a message.’ ‘I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown....
Read MoreMoney, Capitalism and the Slow Death of Social Democracy John Keane, University of Sydney The following thoughts on money, markets, capitalism and the future of democratic politics were prepared for the ‘Come Clean’ public forum, to be held in the New South...
Read MoreTheDailyPakistan.com José ‘Pepe’ Mujica may not be a household name beyond the pampas and ocean shores of Uruguay, but his thoughts on power, politics and sobriety, captured in the remarkable video that follows, surely are of special relevance for politicians and...
Read MoreQ1: Interview with John Keane from CISS University of Sydney on Vimeo. ABOUT Q3 SYMPOSIUM When The third annual Q Symposium of the Centre for International Security Studies, ‘Peace and Security in a Quantum Age: Moment, Matter, Mind and Metaphysics’, was held 11-13 February...
Read MoreThe New Despotism of the 21st Century: Imagining the End of Democracy A lecture at the University of Castellon, Spain, March 25 2015 ...
Read MoreJohn Keane, ‘It's hard to hide global secrets’, Dagbladet Informatíon (Copenhagen April 6, 2016), on the Panama Papers, and why leaks help keep the spirit of democracy alive Read PDF here...
Read MoreIn Thomas Paine, the radical Enlightenment belief that all social and political ills were remediable found its most passionate champion. Many people today think of the 18th-century Enlightenment as an exciting season of reason, a black-swan moment when new energies flowed,...
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