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"If we agree that Australia needs confident, rational, optimistic and outward-looking citizens to shape our future, then Holdforth challenges us to reconsider the contemporary virtues shaping our society." |
Holdforth reminds us that arguments for transparency and authenticity are routinely used by totalitarian regimes to justify ultra-nationalism, artistic censorship and population surveillance.
Vulnerability may be a facet of the human condition but that is surely no reason to make it an aspiration. Well-meaning people may talk about the power of ‘my’ truth, but if pushed too far |
this risks a dissolution of agreed facts and shared reality, breaking down the decision-making processes essential to effective democracy.
If we agree that Australia needs confident, rational, optimistic and outward-looking citizens to shape our future, then Holdforth challenges us to reconsider the contemporary virtues shaping our society. Get your copy: Booktopia Audible version Amazon.com Abbeys |
Publication Date: Aug 2023
RRP: $19.95 ISBN: 9781922979094 Format: Paperback Size: 111mm x 175mm Pages: 96 Category: In the National Interest, Politics, Sociology |