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This book examines the performative role of influential thinkers in
the history of modern Western political thought. The case studies
examine influential political philosophers who saw their writing
role 'performatively', as an exercise in pedagogy designed to
generate a new type of political following among their readers.
Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche wrote classic works in political
theory (The Prince, On Liberty, Genealogy of Morals) to reform and
reshape their readers' ability to think and act politically.
Thinkers become performative through what they write in their
public performance; and contemporary academic teachers can use this
to great pedagogical effect in helping students 'get the point' of
political theorising. This book examines how a small sample of
classic theoretical performers wrote their remarkable public works.
John Uhr draws on neglected or forgotten lessons on performative
writing from past masters of literary criticism like Lord
Shaftesbury, R G Collingwood and John Dewey, all of whom can help
those now teaching the history of modern political thought to
enable students to learn the performance of politics acted out by
modernising thinkers capable of writing in ways similar to
Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche.
Percy Bysshe Shelley once described poets as the 'unacknowledged
legislators of the world'. If this is true, Australian political
scientists have shown curiously little interest in the role that
literary figures play in the nation's political life. Novel
Politics takes the relationship between literature and politics
seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a
classic text about Australian society. These authors bridge the
history of local writing, from pre-Federation colonial Australia
(Catherine Spence, Rosa Praed and Catherine Martin) to the
contemporary moment (Tim Winton, Christos Tsiolkas and Kim Scott).
Novel Politics unpicks the many political threads woven into these
books, as they document the social world as it exists, while
suggesting new possibilities for the nation's future. As political
commentators of a particular kind, all six authors offer unique
insights into the deeper roots of politics in Australia, beyond the
theatre of parliament and out into the wider social world, as
imagined by its dreamers and criticised by its most incisive
discontents.
Percy Bysshe Shelley once described poets as the 'unacknowledged
legislators of the world'. If this is true, Australian political
scientists have shown curiously little interest in the role that
literary figures play in the nation's political life. Novel
Politics takes the relationship between literature and politics
seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a
classic text about Australian society. These authors bridge the
history of local writing, from pre-Federation colonial Australia
(Catherine Spence, Rosa Praed and Catherine Martin) to the
contemporary moment (Tim Winton, Christos Tsiolkas and Kim Scott).
Novel Politics unpicks the many political threads woven into these
books, as they document the social world as it exists, while
suggesting new possibilities for the nation's future. As political
commentators of a particular kind, all six authors offer unique
insights into the deeper roots of politics in Australia, beyond the
theatre of parliament and out into the wider social world, as
imagined by its dreamers and criticised by its most incisive
discontents.
Parliament is central to the democratic claims of our system of
governance. This book evaluates the role and performance of this
centrepiece of Australian government. It explores the institutional
design of the parliament, and its principles and practices,
presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr discusses parliament's
representative and legislative roles, and the issue of
accountability. He looks at the place of representative assemblies
in liberal political theory and assesses current institutional
performance. He argues that republicanism can be seen as a form of
deliberative democracy, examining ways in which such democracy
might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining
an authoritative knowledge of political theory with a familiarity
with the inner-workings of the Australian parliament, the author
makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and
internationally.
This book evaluates the role and performance of the Australian parliament. It explores its institutional design and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and examines ways in which deliberative democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining political theory with first-hand knowledge of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and internationally.
The editors of this book boldly proclaim that Eureka is Australia's
'greatest story', and they have gathered together some of our
country's finest historians to prosecute the case. Collectively,
they compile a strong argument. In the late 19th century that acute
American observer, Mark Twain, called the Ballarat rebellion 'the
finest thing in Australasian history' and, like all such milestone
moments in any country's expanding tale, Eureka challenges because
of the sheer number of interpretations that have been imposed upon
it, both before Twain and after. During the sesquicentenary year of
Eureka, 2004, one journalist rightly observed that Eureka 'is not
so much history as many versions of history'. The question of who
'owns' the Eureka story is destined never to be answered, but one
thing is certain: the superb Charter of Bakery Hill, an
irresistible sequence of goldfield events leading to tragedy, a
cast of characters drawn straight from a classic novel, violence
and murder on an early Sabbath morning in December 1854, and a
never-ending aftermath that arguably has had more energy within it
in the 20th and 21st centuries than it had in the 19th these
extraordinary elements of a grand narrative will forever stimulate
the Australian imagination. Eureka: Australia's Greatest Story is
certain to stoke the fires.
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