Search Results: Nationalism
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AUSTRALIA
Anthony Ham discovers that Basque is not a region but a way of life
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 16 April 2007
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The proliferation of flags, the singing of national anthems, and the desire to make Anzac Day emblematic of Australian values, all diminish the real humanity of those who have died, in order to allow another generation to inflate its image of itself.
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AUSTRALIA
The Prime Minister has used myths surrounding Gallipoli and racial politics to tap into our felt, but barely understood, craving for belonging. The tenuous nature of our sense of community make us susceptible to the fear campaigns that have dominated Australian politics over the past decade.
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RELIGION
- Abraham Rushdi
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
The full text of "The selling of Islamic martyrdom and why some buy it", by Abraham Rushdi.
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AUSTRALIA
- Julian Madsen
- 27 February 2007
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Heated disputes arose in Egypt late last year following comments by the Culture Minister Farouk Hosni that the rising number of Egyptian women wearing the Islamic headscarf or hijab was a "regressive" trend.
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AUSTRALIA
- Terry Monagle
- 11 December 2006
2 Comments
White Australians are slow to invent a language which matches this continent and mutes the shock-horror reaction to drought. While politicians talk about Australian values, "little" people are working at a much deeper study of what it means to be native.
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser
- 24 July 2006
Out of the chaos of the past weeks, three images fix themselves in my mind. Images from Israel, Lebanon, London. Three people, three individual experiences. If only the boy could be educated by the woman. If only the man could mentor both boys.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Margaret Coffey
- 10 July 2006
Margaret Coffey reviews Sean McConville’s weighty tome, Irish Political Prisoners, 1848–1922, Theatres of War.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Steele
- 08 July 2006
Peter Steele reviews Terry Eagleton’s Sweet Violence: the Idea of the Tragic.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Robert Phiddian
- 04 July 2006
Robert Phiddian reviews Ghassan Hage’s Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for hope in a shrinking society.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Mike Ticher reviews Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People.
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