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Two Worlds

June 2, 2010 – 3:24 pm

John Hinkson discusses the implications of two worlds developing on the cultural stage

Tagged Arena Magazine June-July 2010, capitalism, climate change, culture, debt crisis, economics, EU, GFC, global financial crisis, humanities, IMF, individualism, John Hinskon, mining tax, oil, resource tax, technosciences, Tim Jackson, universities | Comments (0)

Pornification

May 2, 2010 – 11:09 am

Alison Caddick questions the mainstreaming of porn

Tagged Alison Caddick, Arena Magazine April-May 2010, fantasy, fashion, feminism, Germaine Greer, Melinda Tankard Reist, Naomi Klien, neo-liberalism, popular culture, porn, pornography | Comments (1)

Unstable Politics

March 2, 2010 – 3:37 pm

John Hinkson examines the sources of today’s unstable politics.

Tagged Arena Magazine Editorial, Arena Magazine February-March 2010, Eric Hobsbawm, John Hinkson, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Peter Garrett, populism, Rudd Government, technology, Tony Abbott | Comments (0)

Environment and Reaction

January 2, 2010 – 11:36 am

Alison Caddick moves beyond the woes of the Liberal party to discuss the politics of reaction

Tagged Alison Caddick, Arena Magazine December-January 2010, Arena Magazine Editorial, environment, Eric Hobsbawm, neo-liberalism, reactionary politics, Tony Abbott | Comments (2)

A New Left Forming?

November 2, 2009 – 4:09 pm

Alison Caddick questions recent discussions surrounding the idea of a new left forming in Australian politics.

Tagged Alison Caddick, Beyond Left and Right, David McKnight, Guy Rundle, Kevin Rudd, Michael Pusey, neo-liberalism, Robert Manne, social democracy | Comments (1)

Democracy Evacuated

September 10, 2009 – 12:52 pm

An understanding of politics without culture is empty writes Alison Caddick

Tagged Alison Caddick, ALP, Arena Magazine issue 101 August-September 2009, democracy, neo-liberalism, Peter Garrett, Race Matthews, uranium mining | Comments (1)

Reflections on the Current Condition

April 2, 2009 – 1:53 pm

The Arena publications respond to the current crisis. By Geoff Sharp, Nonie Sharp, John Hinkson, Paul James, Alison Caddick, Simon Cooper

Tagged Alison Caddick, Arena Magazine issue 100 April-June 2009, Beyond Left and Right, David McKnight, Dissent, Geoff Sharp, global financial crisis, John Hinkson, Kenneth Davidson, Nonie Sharp, Overland, Paul James, Simon Cooper, The Monthly, the third way | Comments (0)

100 Issues of Arena Magazine

April 2, 2009 – 12:11 pm

With issue 100, Arena has a new look, a new website and a continuing commitment to interpreting the contemporary culture and pointing to possibilities for change writes Alison Caddick

Tagged Arena Magazine issue 100 April-June 2009 | Comments (0)

The Fiery Breath of Change?

February 2, 2009 – 1:51 pm

Alison Caddick reflects on the Black Saturday bushfires, morality and neo-liberal markets

Tagged Alison Caddick, Black Saturday bushfires, carbon trading, climate change, Del Weston, Germaine Greer, Greens, h as John Hinkson, John Brumby, John Hinkson, Kevin Rudd, land management, Miranda Devine, Nature, neo-liberal market, prescribed burning, Royal Commission, suburbia | Comments (0)

The Problem with Technocratic Caring

December 2, 2008 – 1:47 pm

Turning care into a technical problem to be solved at a system level denies the social relational nature of caring for another human being writes Alison Caddick

Tagged ABC Learning Centres, Alison Caddick, Anne Manne, Arena Magazine issue 98 December 2008-January 2009, Bronwyn Bishop, George Ritzer, McDonaldisation | Comments (1)

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