Greg Melleuish
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3841046 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Greg Melleuish |
| PRENOMES | Greg |
| SOBRENOME | Melleuish |
| ASSINATURA | MELLEUISH G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Wollongong |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Trump and the “Golden Age
Trump, Disruption, and the Bureaucracy
Harold Holt
Universities
There are a number of ways of considering the current crisis in Western universities and, in particular, their problems with ideas and practices about truth and truthfulness. One is to see it as a problem created by what is often termed “modernity,” which is to say the issues raised and the processes set in motion by the Enlightenment and the various reactions to it in the West. Going down this road invariably means invoking modern thinkers, rang…
Of Civil Wars and Where They Lead
The issue as to what constitutes a "civil war" is an interesting one. The idea that it is something more than an armed conflict is very useful as it allows us to understand those forms of attenuated civil conflict and discord in a more profound way. "Civil wars," understood as chronic civil conflict, can last for decades, even centuries, with low-level conflict reaching crises that result in violence from time to time
Taming the Bubble
When I saw the word ‘bubbles’ my immediate thought went to the painting by John Millais of a child blowing bubbles that subsequently became part of the advertising campaign for Pears soap. Bubbles blown by children, as we all once did, last but a few seconds and lead on naturally to the theme of transience and constant change. Nothing lasts forever, even if human beings make attempts to impose permanence on the world. A child’s disappointment at …
David Kemp explores Australian liberalism in the age of Sir Robert Menzies
David Kemp explores Australian liberalism in the age of Sir Robert Menzies." History Australia, 18(2), pp. 416–417
Constitution and Culture
It is obvious that any constitution is an expression of the culture of the entity, be it country, corporation, or just club, for which it sets the rules and practices under which it will operate. This is not the same thing as saying that a constitution spells out or defines the culture of that entity or that doing so should be one of its functions. What role a constitution plays in the life of a particular political community will vary according …
The Particularity of Universal History
The most remarkable thing about human beings is their plasticity, a quality that derives from their imperfection and the imperfection of the world.1 Human beings may have an insatiable desire for perfection, but that desire is rooted in the fact that they live in a world of becoming that will never be frozen into a rigid Being. Things grow, progress, and evolve, just as they decay and decline. However, the desire for perfection helps to shape the…
The nexus clause
The nexus between the House of Representatives and the Senate as set out in Section 24 of the Australian Constitution states that the Senate be half the size of the House of Representatives. It was a constitutional provision without precedent, the only such clause in the Australian Constitution. Little work has been done on the nexus. This paper examines how it came into existence during the Constitutional Conventions largely as the consequence o…
Menzies and Howard on themselves
This article compares the memoirs of Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, as well as Howard’s book on Menzies, examining what these works by the two most successful Liberal prime ministers indicate about the evolution of the Liberal Party’s liberalism. Howard’s memoirs are far more ‘political’, candid and ideologically engaged than those of Menzies. Howard acknowledges that politics is about political power and winning it, while Menzies was more c…
The West, the Anglo‐Sphere and the Ideal of Commonwealth
This article considers the idea of commonwealth as a means of understanding human “politics” that does not rely on the violence of the state. It considers the idea of commonwealth to involve cultural and other forms of ties that transcend the borders of states and link people who share common views and aspirations together. It examines two contemporary visions of commonwealth, that of the West and that of the Anglo‐sphere. It argues that the sort…
The master and the disciples
Christopher Brennan was a major Australian literary figure of the early twentieth century who inspired many of his friends and former students as a symbol of culture in a philistine world. This article considers how three of his disciples, A.R. Chisholm, Randolph Hughes and Carl Kaeppel worked to keep alive their visions of Brennan both as a great man and as literary figure of considerable importance. In so doing they created a larger than life c…
Debate Political Commentary
Hugh Stretton and the Wise Administrator
His massive textbook, Economics: A New Introduction , is in many ways the culmination of Hugh Stretton's work as a theoretician of the social sciences. From his first major publication in 1969, The Political Sciences , Stretton has wrestled with two major issues. One has been the nature of the social sciences, particularly the role of moral ideas in shaping the theory and practice of social inquiry. The second has been the relationship between so…
Living in an Age of Packages
The Case for Civilization
Of Civil Wars and Where They Lead
The issue as to what constitutes a "civil war" is an interesting one. The idea that it is something more than an armed conflict is very useful as it allows us to understand those forms of attenuated civil conflict and discord in a more profound way. "Civil wars," understood as chronic civil conflict, can last for decades, even centuries, with low-level conflict reaching crises that result in violence from time to time
Hugh Stretton and the Wise Administrator
His massive textbook, Economics: A New Introduction , is in many ways the culmination of Hugh Stretton's work as a theoretician of the social sciences. From his first major publication in 1969, The Political Sciences , Stretton has wrestled with two major issues. One has been the nature of the social sciences, particularly the role of moral ideas in shaping the theory and practice of social inquiry. The second has been the relationship between so…
The Case for Civilization
Living in an Age of Packages
Hugh Stretton and the Wise Administrator
His massive textbook, Economics: A New Introduction , is in many ways the culmination of Hugh Stretton's work as a theoretician of the social sciences. From his first major publication in 1969, The Political Sciences , Stretton has wrestled with two major issues. One has been the nature of the social sciences, particularly the role of moral ideas in shaping the theory and practice of social inquiry. The second has been the relationship between so…
Debate Political Commentary
The master and the disciples
Christopher Brennan was a major Australian literary figure of the early twentieth century who inspired many of his friends and former students as a symbol of culture in a philistine world. This article considers how three of his disciples, A.R. Chisholm, Randolph Hughes and Carl Kaeppel worked to keep alive their visions of Brennan both as a great man and as literary figure of considerable importance. In so doing they created a larger than life c…
The West, the Anglo‐Sphere and the Ideal of Commonwealth
This article considers the idea of commonwealth as a means of understanding human “politics” that does not rely on the violence of the state. It considers the idea of commonwealth to involve cultural and other forms of ties that transcend the borders of states and link people who share common views and aspirations together. It examines two contemporary visions of commonwealth, that of the West and that of the Anglo‐sphere. It argues that the sort…
The nexus clause
The nexus between the House of Representatives and the Senate as set out in Section 24 of the Australian Constitution states that the Senate be half the size of the House of Representatives. It was a constitutional provision without precedent, the only such clause in the Australian Constitution. Little work has been done on the nexus. This paper examines how it came into existence during the Constitutional Conventions largely as the consequence o…
Menzies and Howard on themselves
This article compares the memoirs of Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, as well as Howard’s book on Menzies, examining what these works by the two most successful Liberal prime ministers indicate about the evolution of the Liberal Party’s liberalism. Howard’s memoirs are far more ‘political’, candid and ideologically engaged than those of Menzies. Howard acknowledges that politics is about political power and winning it, while Menzies was more c…
Constitution and Culture
It is obvious that any constitution is an expression of the culture of the entity, be it country, corporation, or just club, for which it sets the rules and practices under which it will operate. This is not the same thing as saying that a constitution spells out or defines the culture of that entity or that doing so should be one of its functions. What role a constitution plays in the life of a particular political community will vary according …
The Particularity of Universal History
The most remarkable thing about human beings is their plasticity, a quality that derives from their imperfection and the imperfection of the world.1 Human beings may have an insatiable desire for perfection, but that desire is rooted in the fact that they live in a world of becoming that will never be frozen into a rigid Being. Things grow, progress, and evolve, just as they decay and decline. However, the desire for perfection helps to shape the…
Taming the Bubble
When I saw the word ‘bubbles’ my immediate thought went to the painting by John Millais of a child blowing bubbles that subsequently became part of the advertising campaign for Pears soap. Bubbles blown by children, as we all once did, last but a few seconds and lead on naturally to the theme of transience and constant change. Nothing lasts forever, even if human beings make attempts to impose permanence on the world. A child’s disappointment at …
David Kemp explores Australian liberalism in the age of Sir Robert Menzies
David Kemp explores Australian liberalism in the age of Sir Robert Menzies." History Australia, 18(2), pp. 416–417
Universities
There are a number of ways of considering the current crisis in Western universities and, in particular, their problems with ideas and practices about truth and truthfulness. One is to see it as a problem created by what is often termed “modernity,” which is to say the issues raised and the processes set in motion by the Enlightenment and the various reactions to it in the West. Going down this road invariably means invoking modern thinkers, rang…
Of Civil Wars and Where They Lead
The issue as to what constitutes a "civil war" is an interesting one. The idea that it is something more than an armed conflict is very useful as it allows us to understand those forms of attenuated civil conflict and discord in a more profound way. "Civil wars," understood as chronic civil conflict, can last for decades, even centuries, with low-level conflict reaching crises that result in violence from time to time
Harold Holt
Trump, Disruption, and the Bureaucracy
Trump and the “Golden Age
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