Left Right Left by Robert Manne
$34.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Anyone who has read one of Robert Manne's newspaper columns or one of his powerful Quarterly Essayswill find here a treasure-house of thought, argument and evocation. The perfect book for anyone interested in the key political and cultural controversies of the past thirty years.
Dear Mr Rudd by Robert Manne (ed)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
In Dear Mr Rudd, leading Australian thinkers offer essays on key areas of interest: climate change, the economy, human rights, the republic, water and much more besides. Contributors include Hugh White, Pat Dodson, Julian Disney, and more. First published March 2008.
The Shape of Things to Come : Prophecy and the American Voice by Greil Marcus
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
In "The Shape of Things to Come", Greil Marcus untangles the story of America's covenant with itself - the idealism, horror, eloquence and violence integral to its founding narratives. In a thrilling account that moves back and forth between culture and politics, and with deep dives into the work of a f ...Show more
The Trouble with Islam Today - A wake-up call for honesty and change by Irshad Manji
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
Journalist, iconoclast and rebel Irshad Manji calls herself a Muslim Refusenik. That doesnt mean I refuse to be a Muslim, she writes. It simply means I refuse to join an army of automatons in the name of Allah. These automatons, Manji argues, include many so-called moderate Muslims in the West. In blunt ...Show more
Motherhood : How should we care for our children? by Anne Manne
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Out of Print - Not Available Controversial, unflinching and intelligent, Anne Manne discusses the big issues surrounding motherhood and childcare and proposes radical new directions for social policy. Recent generations of women thought they could have it all: children and a full family life combined ...Show more
INCOHERENT EMPIRE by MANN MICHAEL
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The (Mis)behaviour of Markets - a fractal view of risk, ruin and reward (revised edition 2008) by Benoit B. Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Benoit Mandelbrot, father of fractal geometry, revolutionized our understanding of the models of modern financial theory. This new edition includes material on the current market crisis, calling for an end to the tunnel vision of our bankers whose over-confidence in their understanding of markets ended ...Show more
The City of Words : Understanding Civilisation through Story (2007 CBC Massey Lectures) by Alberto Manguel
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
'And yet stories, even the best and truest, can't save us from our own folly. Stories can't protect us from suffering and error, from natural and artificial catastrophes, from our own suicidal greed. The only thing they can do is ...offer consolation for suffering and words to name our experience. Stori ...Show more
The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's call for Reform in her Faith by Irshad Manji
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
A dramatic call for reformation and tolerance in the islamic world. Irshad Manji calls herself a Muslim Refusenik. 'That doesn
(MIS)BEHAVIOUR OF MARKETS by MANDELBROT BENOIT
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
TRAFFICKED by MALTZAHN, KATHLEEN
$19.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Briefings S.
Trafficked tells the story of a rare human rights campaign that succeeded in changing government policy to protect women smuggled into Australia each year to work in the sex trade. In 2003, the Coronial Inquiry into Puongtong Simaplee's 2001 death at the Villawood Detention Centre put the issue of traff ...Show more
The Routledge Companion to Critical Theory by Malpas/Wake
$48.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
"Routledge Companion of Critical Theory" is an indispensable guide for anyone coming to this exciting field of study for the first time. Exploring ideas from a diverse range of disciplines, this clearly presented text encourages the reader to develop a deeper understanding of how to approach the written ...Show more