Mark Rolfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Rolfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Rolfe |
| SIGNATURE | ROLFE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9810-3443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain
The widespread notion of a unique national humour involves an impulse to apply the commonplace assumptions of national identity that demand uniqueness of identity, history, language and culture for a political society. What is deemed true and distinctive of the nation must be also be true and distinctive of its national humour, goes the thinking. However, such cultural exclusivity has not been reconciled with cultural exchanges between nations. P…
The Danish Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo and the culture wars
A considerable body of academic literature has lauded political satirists as rebellious defenders of democracy and free speech against an establishment. Although satire is not always rebellious, this reputation of satirists and of satire may itself be the object of partisan capture. In this article, it is the object of capture by right-wing populists. In that respect, satire and the meta-discourse about satire can be used like any political rheto…
Is this a Dagg which I see before me? John Clarke and the politics in his political humour
When John Clarke died in 2016, the Australian media rushed for the opinions of politicians on his passing. Among the many clichés about political satire, former prime ministers intoned that he ‘spoke truth to power’ and lampooned ‘the absurdity of political life’. Ironically, politicians were endorsing the most vehement anti-politics views of themselves and their vocation. Notwithstanding the name of his first comic creation, Clarke was no dagg, …
Rhetorical Traditions of Public Diplomacy and the Internet
Many calls have been made since 2001 for a ‘new public diplomacy’ of the information age that utilizes the internet to reach public opinion. They have been especially forthcoming from the Obama administration, although they have been just as popular with the political classes in the United States and elsewhere. However, such recent calls form only the latest instalment of a rhetorical tradition of public diplomacy that stretches back to Woodrow W…
The pleasures of political humour in Australian democracy
Political humour is ubiquitous and ancient yet it does not fit with the civility and rationality demanded by the Habermasian public sphere. This incongruity is evident in nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia where political humour was aggressive and malicious, not only in parliament but also in unruly public gatherings. This article argues that politicians used humour to stir emotions which are at odds with ideas of rational political…
Clashing Taboos
The Danish cartoons' controversy of 2006-2008 was not a unique storm that has fortunately passed over the world into history. It exhibited reactions that had much in common with previous transnational disputes involving satire, such as the movie Life of Brian and Holocaust cartoons, but there is now the potential for global communications to accelerate and exacerbate such clashes. The media amplify clashes between the various actors and the taboo…
New Wine into Old Bottles
Australia has been a well-established representative democracy since the nineteenth century. This has meant a corresponding rhetorical tradition in which politicians and aspirants for public office must gain credibility with voters as upholders of democracy since ‘the people’ are the source of legitimacy in our political society. This appeal inheres in the evaluative–descriptive nature of the concept democracy and may extend to proposals for enha…
The Promise and Threat of America in Australian Politics
From early days the United States has had a curious and very entertaining career in Australia as a kind of storehouse of ideas to be raided, a powerfully justifying precedent to be invoked or a dreadful example with which to shame the thoughtless. (Cited in Churchward 1979, p. xxv
The Promise and Threat of America in Australian Politics
From early days the United States has had a curious and very entertaining career in Australia as a kind of storehouse of ideas to be raided, a powerfully justifying precedent to be invoked or a dreadful example with which to shame the thoughtless. (Cited in Churchward 1979, p. xxv
Idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain
The widespread notion of a unique national humour involves an impulse to apply the commonplace assumptions of national identity that demand uniqueness of identity, history, language and culture for a political society. What is deemed true and distinctive of the nation must be also be true and distinctive of its national humour, goes the thinking. However, such cultural exclusivity has not been reconciled with cultural exchanges between nations. P…
Clashing Taboos
The Danish cartoons' controversy of 2006-2008 was not a unique storm that has fortunately passed over the world into history. It exhibited reactions that had much in common with previous transnational disputes involving satire, such as the movie Life of Brian and Holocaust cartoons, but there is now the potential for global communications to accelerate and exacerbate such clashes. The media amplify clashes between the various actors and the taboo…
The Danish Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo and the culture wars
A considerable body of academic literature has lauded political satirists as rebellious defenders of democracy and free speech against an establishment. Although satire is not always rebellious, this reputation of satirists and of satire may itself be the object of partisan capture. In this article, it is the object of capture by right-wing populists. In that respect, satire and the meta-discourse about satire can be used like any political rheto…
New Wine into Old Bottles
Australia has been a well-established representative democracy since the nineteenth century. This has meant a corresponding rhetorical tradition in which politicians and aspirants for public office must gain credibility with voters as upholders of democracy since ‘the people’ are the source of legitimacy in our political society. This appeal inheres in the evaluative–descriptive nature of the concept democracy and may extend to proposals for enha…
The Promise and Threat of America in Australian Politics
From early days the United States has had a curious and very entertaining career in Australia as a kind of storehouse of ideas to be raided, a powerfully justifying precedent to be invoked or a dreadful example with which to shame the thoughtless. (Cited in Churchward 1979, p. xxv
New Wine into Old Bottles
Australia has been a well-established representative democracy since the nineteenth century. This has meant a corresponding rhetorical tradition in which politicians and aspirants for public office must gain credibility with voters as upholders of democracy since ‘the people’ are the source of legitimacy in our political society. This appeal inheres in the evaluative–descriptive nature of the concept democracy and may extend to proposals for enha…
Clashing Taboos
The Danish cartoons' controversy of 2006-2008 was not a unique storm that has fortunately passed over the world into history. It exhibited reactions that had much in common with previous transnational disputes involving satire, such as the movie Life of Brian and Holocaust cartoons, but there is now the potential for global communications to accelerate and exacerbate such clashes. The media amplify clashes between the various actors and the taboo…
The pleasures of political humour in Australian democracy
Political humour is ubiquitous and ancient yet it does not fit with the civility and rationality demanded by the Habermasian public sphere. This incongruity is evident in nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia where political humour was aggressive and malicious, not only in parliament but also in unruly public gatherings. This article argues that politicians used humour to stir emotions which are at odds with ideas of rational political…
Rhetorical Traditions of Public Diplomacy and the Internet
Many calls have been made since 2001 for a ‘new public diplomacy’ of the information age that utilizes the internet to reach public opinion. They have been especially forthcoming from the Obama administration, although they have been just as popular with the political classes in the United States and elsewhere. However, such recent calls form only the latest instalment of a rhetorical tradition of public diplomacy that stretches back to Woodrow W…
Is this a Dagg which I see before me? John Clarke and the politics in his political humour
When John Clarke died in 2016, the Australian media rushed for the opinions of politicians on his passing. Among the many clichés about political satire, former prime ministers intoned that he ‘spoke truth to power’ and lampooned ‘the absurdity of political life’. Ironically, politicians were endorsing the most vehement anti-politics views of themselves and their vocation. Notwithstanding the name of his first comic creation, Clarke was no dagg, …
The Danish Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo and the culture wars
A considerable body of academic literature has lauded political satirists as rebellious defenders of democracy and free speech against an establishment. Although satire is not always rebellious, this reputation of satirists and of satire may itself be the object of partisan capture. In this article, it is the object of capture by right-wing populists. In that respect, satire and the meta-discourse about satire can be used like any political rheto…
Idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain
The widespread notion of a unique national humour involves an impulse to apply the commonplace assumptions of national identity that demand uniqueness of identity, history, language and culture for a political society. What is deemed true and distinctive of the nation must be also be true and distinctive of its national humour, goes the thinking. However, such cultural exclusivity has not been reconciled with cultural exchanges between nations. P…
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