Originally published in Taiwan Journal of Democracy, volume 15, no. 1 (July 2019), pp. 35-58 Abstract The unprecedented greening of democracy during the past half-century runs far beyond spreading public talk of sustainability and climate justice and is more consequential than disputes...
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 MoreThis talk aims to provoke discussion about the long-term, ‘deep’ effects of green politics on the language and institutions and ‘imaginary’ of democracy. Some of these effects are more obvious than others, he points out. In half a generation, green-minded...
Read MoreEverybody warned this would be no ordinary invitation, and they were right. Three hundred metres from Knightsbridge underground station, just a stone’s throw from fashion-conscious Harrods, I suddenly encounter a wall of police. I try to remember my instructions. Look...
Read MoreThe internationally renowned democracy expert, Professor John Keane, joined a special Sydney Writers' Festival panel discussion on Thursday 17 May in the University of Sydney's Great Hall on the future of the Occupy movement. Listen to Audio div.episode h3 { display: none; }...
Read More"Why Democracy", a Greek-language publication by Professor John Keane, published by Nefeli Books (Athens, 2012) More info (PDF) -> Read Relevant Articles by Greek Newspapers TA NEA and Kathimerini An introduction by Antonis Liakos, Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology, University...
Read More[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="668"] The ivory tower has been destroyed – metaphorically speaking. Alan Levine/flickr[/caption] Foundation Essay – Universities are still often known as ivory towers, other-worldly spaces of solitude where privileged elites known as academics seek refuge from the harsh...
Read MoreDemocracy and ethics: an old philosophical subject that is much neglected today, not least because of widespread agreement that democracy stands for ethical pluralism. Democracy, the self-government of equals, is presumed to be incompatible with attempts to clothe citizens in...
Read MoreJohn Keane asks David Held to look back over events and reconsider his reactions to a dissimulator. Was this an error of theory or of practice? Hasn’t the LSE Libya affair done damage to the scholarly credibility of research programmes...
Read MoreThe Life & Death of Democracy Violence and Democracy Whatever Happened to Democracy? Democracy & Civil Society Changing Nature of Democracy The Future of Representative Democracy ...
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