Temper democratic: How exceptional is Australia? - Softcover
Temper Democratic is an irreverent reflection on the idea of a classless Australia - its achievements, its limitations and its opponents. Humphrey McQueen explains why no news is best, scorns a national flag, turns the logic of multiculturalism against ethnic chauvinists and advances a wicked redemption of political correctness. He shears away the gay gene, clear-fells deep ecology and punctures the rhetoric about blood and race. He traces the totalitarianism of advertising through Microsoft, Mass Murdoch, the commoditoy and the covert commercialism of the ABC. McQueen is passionate in his defence of popular sovereignty against the twin lies that globalism is irresistable and that an invisible hand is making us freer, wealthier and wiser. Temper Democratic reminds us why the action of working people is reinvigorating social democracy and why it can preserve civilisation from the barbarism of market forces.
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- PublisherWakefield Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1862544662
- ISBN 13 9781862544666
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages261
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-254) and index. McQueen is passionate in his defence popular sovereignty against the twin lies that globalisation is irresistible and that an invisible hand is making us freer, wealthier and wiser stop this book reminds us why the action of a working people is reinvigorating social democracy, and why it can preserve civilisation from the barbarism of market forces. Size: Trade Paperback. 272 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Australia & Oceania; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1862544662. ISBN/EAN: 9781862544666. Inventory No: 0264364. Seller Inventory # 0264364
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Early Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 261 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sociology & Culture; ISBN: 1862544662. ISBN/EAN: 9781862544666. Library of Congress No: 99197044. Dewey Code: 994.06 21. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB10393. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # RB10393
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