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The End Of Time? Aboriginal Temporality And The British Invasion Of Australia, Mike Donaldson
The End Of Time? Aboriginal Temporality And The British Invasion Of Australia, Mike Donaldson
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Many of the best studies of time have been concerned with the transitions from one temporal order to another, and in particular the origins and the pervasive global impact of metric time. This focus risks attributing a facticity and durability to capitalist time at the expense of other temporalities. This study counterbalances this problem by exploring the time use and 'Dreamtime' of Australian Aboriginal people, from pre-history, through the British invasion to the present day. Despite the massive disruptions in temporal order, significant continuities are revealed.
Symbolic Politics And Cultural History, Anthony Ashbolt
Symbolic Politics And Cultural History, Anthony Ashbolt
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Transcript of an interview with Professor Michael Paul Rogin, Robson Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, conducted in the Cafe Grace, Berkeley, November 1, 1995.
Administrative Lies And Philosopher-Kings, David I. Simpson
Administrative Lies And Philosopher-Kings, David I. Simpson
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
[extract] I want to consider the question: whether it is acceptable for those who govern to lie to those they govern. I suspect that many would reply that while it is an ideal of liberal and enlightenment values that such acts not occur, psychological, epistemic and political realities make them necessary for good government, and therefore acceptable under certain conditions. Rather than address directly the intuitions behind such a response, I shall consider the question in the light of the apparent recommendation in the Republic that the rulers of the city of the Republic (the philosopher-kings) sometimes lie to its …