John Keane, WZB Farewell for Professor Wolfgang Merkel (October 1st 2021)
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October
2021
Videos
Do we still need enlightenment values?
10th 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 ...
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13
June
2020
Video | ‘Populism, Democracy, and Spying’, interview with Sadeq Saba, Iran International, Prague October 25th 2019
Iran International, Prague October 25th 2019 ...
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01
December
2019
John Keane
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Video | Is Democracy Dying? – Speech to the Australian Fabians (Melbourne, August 27 2019)
Speaker: Professor John Keane, Melbourne, 27 August 2019 Reports of the death of democracy may be greatly exaggerated. However, there is mounting evidence that many people are losing trust in our democratic institutions. Today people in countries we regard as non-democratic...
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27
August
2019
John Keane
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Hong Kong: Hungary 1956 with Chinese Characteristics? ABC interview (Sydney) 18 August 2019
18 August 2019 Hong Kong: Hungary 1956 with Chinese Characteristics? ABC interview (Sydney) ...
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18
August
2019
VIDEO | Western Conceptions of Politics: Four Beijing Lectures
Within public life in many Western countries, the words ‘politics’ (zhèngzhì), ‘political’ and ‘political life’ (zhèngzhì yóuxì) are today proving to be deeply controversial. They are often reckoned to be dirty words, synonyms for corrupt government, lying politicians and unpopular...
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14
August
2018
VIDEO | The Crisis of Western Democracy? A Survey of Recent Literature and Debates in the United States and Europe
The Crisis of Western Democracy? A Survey of Recent Literature and Debates in the United States and Europe A public lecture by John Keane delivered at the Academic Report Hall (1st floor), Science Hall, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, on...
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20
July
2018
Book Launch | The Life and Death of Democracy [Spanish Edition]
27 June 2018 The Life and Death of Democracy is a book by John Keane and published in 2009. Vida y muerte de la democracia, a Spanish language edition of the book has recently been published by FONDO DE CULTURA ECONÓMICA (FCE). The book launch event was broadcast live...
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06
July
2018
VIDEO | When Trees Fall, Monkeys Scatter: rethinking democracy in China
Co-hosted by the Sydney Democracy Network, China Studies Centre and the China Development Society at the University of Sydney Predictions of the coming collapse of Chinese politics are today commonplace, however this talk explores a radically different alternative. China, it argues,...
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04
October
2017