{"title":"Quarterly Essay","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-76-paperback","title":"Red Flag: QE76 by Peter Hartcher","description":"\u003cp\u003eChina has become a key nation for Australia’s future – for our security, economy and identity. But what are China’s intentions when it comes to Australia?               \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping account, Peter Hartcher shows how Beijing stepped up its campaign for influence, over hearts and minds, mineral and agricultural resources, media outlets and sea lanes. Reactions so far have included panic, xenophobia and all-the-way-with-the-USA, but the challenge now is to think hard about the national interest and respond with wisdom to a changed world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis urgent, authoritative essay blends reporting and analysis, and covers the local scene as well as the larger geopolitical picture. It casts fresh light on Beijing’s plans and actions, and outlines a way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Australia and China have got rich together. For Australia, that is quite enough. But China’s government wants more. As much power and influence over Australia as it can possibly get, using fair means or foul. But ... what Beijing can get is limited not only by China’s abilities, but also by Australia’s will. In each case where Chinese officials or agents attempted to intrude, they met Australian resistance. And failed. For all its power, China is neither all-powerful nor irresistible. Australia can shape its engagement with Beijing.”\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Hartcher, \u003cem\u003eRed Flag\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 76, \u003cem\u003eRed Flag\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-amy-king\"\u003eAmy King\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-david-walker\"\u003eDavid Walker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-john-west\"\u003eJohn West\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460768186503,"sku":"9781863959704-POD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe76_red_flag_online_64eb32bb-aeab-466c-8014-a47c44dcb2dc.jpg?v=1625796799"},{"product_id":"in-denial-qe1-by-robert-manne-copy","title":"In Denial; QE1 by Robert Manne","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this national bestseller Robert Manne attacks the right-wing campaign against the \u003cem\u003eBringing them home\u003c\/em\u003e report that revealed how thousands of Aboriginal children had been taken from their parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat was the role of Paddy McGuinness as editor of \u003cem\u003eQuadrant\u003c\/em\u003e? How reliable was the evidence that led newspaper columnists from Piers Akerman in the Sydney \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e to Andrew Bolt in the Melbourne \u003cem\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/em\u003e to deny the gravity of the injustice done?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a powerful indictment of past government policies towards the indigenous Australians, Robert Manne has written a brilliant polemical essay which doubles as a succinct history of how indigenous Australians were mistreated and an exposure of the ignorance of those who want to deny that history.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 1, \u003cem\u003eIn Denial\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-ron-brunton\"\u003eRon Brunton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-inga-clendinnen-0\"\u003eInga Clendinnen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-duffy\"\u003eMichael Duffy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44553837871239,"sku":"9781863951074-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe1_0_dfbd2c0a-811b-449a-9c03-dcff470d5b47.jpg?v=1625796478"},{"product_id":"appeasing-jakarta-qe2-by-john-birmingham-copy","title":"Appeasing Jakarta; QE2 by John Birmingham","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAppeasing Jakarta\u003c\/em\u003e, John Birmingham takes apart the folly of twenty-five years of Australian policy on East Timor. How did Gough Whitlam and Richard Woolcott in 1975 saddle this country with a policy that was bound to lead to the intervention of 1999? Why were shrewder voices ignored and why did we persist with an unworkable model? Where does this leave us with an Indonesia still dominated by the old power elites? And what was the tragedy like for the people of East Timor?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Birmingham has written a passionate narrative history of the East Timor question which never turns away from the slaughter and sorrow of the people who suffered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 2, \u003cem\u003eAppeasing Jakarta\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-mark-aarons\"\u003eMark Aarons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-frank-brennan\"\u003eFrank Brennan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-duncan-campbell\"\u003eDuncan Campbell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44553842098311,"sku":"9781863953863-UBD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe2_0_e52a3a20-bd31-45e0-a28e-c85db343df9d.jpg?v=1625796483"},{"product_id":"the-opportunist-qe3-by-guy-rundle-copy","title":"The Opportunist; QE3 by Guy Rundle","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Opportunist\u003c\/em\u003e, Guy Rundle comes to grips with John Howard, the prime minister who, on the eve of an election, seems to have turned round his political fortunes by spurning refugees and writing blank cheques for America's War on Terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant account of John Howard's dominant ideas, his concerted 'dreaming' with its emphasis on unity and national identity that reveals him to be the most reactionary PM we have ever had, the only political leader who would allow ideas like those of One Nation to dominate the mainstream of Australian politics in order to improve his political chances. Rundle puts Howard in the context of the economic liberalism he shares with his colleagues and opponents and the conservative social ideology that sets him apart. It is a complex portrait in a radical mirror which relates John Howard to everything from Menzies's 'forgotten people' to the inadvertent glamour of the government's antidrug advertising. 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Why are they so much better than we are? Even when it comes to producing books like the Updike \"Rabbit\" sequence that tell us what we are like? Why are they also a land of executioners who have nevertheless created the least bad empire the world has seen? Can we really expect to be deputies to America? And what about our own sacred story (the progressive one) that we have sold for the sake of the Americanisation of our own society? If we can't have a friendly independent relationship with America, why don't we go the whole hog and join them?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a dark, brooding, moody essay, Don Watson plays on the paradoxes of Australia's feeling about America and offers a scathing view of an Australian culture that is asking to be engulfed by its great and powerful friend because the mental process is already so advanced. This is a brilliant meditation round a set of paradoxes that are central to our long-term anxieties and hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 4, \u003cem\u003eRabbit Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-tony-abbott-0\"\u003eTony Abbott\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-dennis-altman\"\u003eDennis Altman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-don-anderson\"\u003eDon Anderson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44553846063239,"sku":"9781863951159-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe4_0_f8aa13da-e680-449e-acd2-b9bada2aceb6.jpg?v=1625796491"},{"product_id":"girt-by-sea-qe5-by-mungo-maccallum-copy","title":"Girt By Sea; QE5 by Mungo MacCallum","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Girt By Sea\u003c\/em\u003e Mungo MacCallum provides a devastating account of the Howard government's treatment of the refugees as well as delineating the factors in Australian history which have worked towards prejudice and those which have worked against it; ranging from Calwell's postwar immigration policy to the recent revelations of beat-ups and distortions in the 2001 election campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful account of how the government played on what was ultimately the race issue. In an essay which is, by terms, witty, dry and bitingly understated, Mungo MacCallum asks what epithets are appropriate for a prime minister who has brought us to this pass. 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What has happened to the faith of the True Believers and why is the ALP so bad at recruiting new members? He offers a tough-minded analysis of what went wrong in the last election and asks why the Labor Party has turned its back on its destiny as a party of reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a very cool account of the factions which seem to stand for nothing but their own power bases, and the unions who both give and get little from the ALP. In a withering analysis, John Button looks at the quality of Labor members and the short-sightedness of a party turning its back on ideas. 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He illustrates how those who seek independence are killed and tortured for their cause. There is now no one like the Papuan leader Theys Eluay, murdered in 2001 by the Indonesian military, and a campaign of death and terror has been launched on those who raise the Morning Star flag.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMartinkus shows how the wealth of the Freeport mine underpins a regimen of repression and he reports on the rise of Laskar Jihad, the imported Islamic extremists who spread fear in the name of Indonesian domination. 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Balancing sorrow and pity with a controlled anger, Manne develops a sustained argument about what could, and should, be done for the nine thousand refugees who remain in limbo on temporary protection visas. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSending Them Home\u003c\/em\u003e also contains a groundbreaking account of conditions in the offshore processing camps on Nauru, whose operations have until now been shrouded in secrecy, and a damning forensic investigation of the recent efforts to return – frequently against their will – many of those who sought our protection and whose countries remain in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCombining ethical reflection and acute political analysis, this essay initiates a new phase in the refugee debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 13, \u003cem\u003eSending Them Home\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-amanda-vanstone\"\u003eAmanda Vanstone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-carmen-lawrence\"\u003eCarmen Lawrence\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-hugh-mackay\"\u003eHugh Mackay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44560272785543,"sku":"9781863951418-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe13_0_fba99539-1400-4855-a410-3515651aaae6.jpg?v=1625796528"},{"product_id":"mission-impossible-qe14-by-paul-mcgeough-copy","title":"Mission Impossible; QE14 by Paul McGeough","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul McGeough offers a dramatic account of why Iraq remains in chaos despite desperate American efforts to create a model democracy in the Middle East. According to McGeough, Iraq to this day remains a tribal society. It cannot be governed without the cooperation of the true powers in the land, the tribal and religious sheikhs. Those who have ruled Iraq in the past, including Saddam Hussein and the British before him, understood this fact. The Americans, by contrast, seem to have missed the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMission Impossible\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul McGeough enters the world of key Iraqi tribal and religious leaders. There are vivid portraits of the sheikhs' role in the fall and capture of Saddam, as well as their part in the growing insurgency. There are glimpses, too, of a history that once involved Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell, and which pre-dates Islam, stretching back thousands of years. 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She also finds that we, the consumers, have been happy to get on board: the vocabulary of depression - \"serotonin\", \"bipolar\", \"genetic predisposition\" - rolls off our tongues as if each of us had studied it at medical school.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this freeranging and elegant essay, Bell takes the pulse of Australia's \"worried well\" and looks at alternative cures for what ails us.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 18, \u003cem\u003eThe Worried Well\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-guy-rundle-0\"\u003eGuy Rundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-gordon-parker\"\u003eGordon Parker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-elizabeth-a-wilson\"\u003eElizabeth A. 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Has John Howard made a dramatic break with the past, or has he ingeniously modernised the strategies of his party's founder, Sir Robert Menzies?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor Judith Brett, the governmeant of John Howard has done what successful Liberal governments have always done: it has made its stand firmly at the centre and presented itself as the true guardian of the national interest. In doing this, John Howard has taken over the national traditions of the Australian Legend that Labor once considered its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBrett offers a lucid short history of the Liberals as well as an original account of the Prime Minister, arguing that, above all, he is a man obsessed with the fight against Labor. She explores both his inventiveness in practising the politics of unity and his great ruthlessness in practising the politics of division. She incorporates fascinating interview material with Liberal voters, shedding light on some of the different ways in which the Liberals appeal as the natural party of government.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFull of provocative ideas, \u003cem\u003eRelaxed \u0026amp; Comfortable\u003c\/em\u003e will change the way Australians see the last decade of national politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 19, \u003cem\u003eRelaxed \u0026amp; Coomfortable\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-david-kemp\"\u003eDavid Kemp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-graham-richardson\"\u003eGraham Richardson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-david-corlett\"\u003eDavid Corlett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44560295985287,"sku":"9781863950947-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe19_0_500ad68a-50f0-4d11-8d43-af6d1c954fca.jpg?v=1625796551"},{"product_id":"a-time-for-war-qe20-by-john-birmingham","title":"A Time For War; QE20 by John Birmingham","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Time for War: Australia as a Military Power\u003c\/em\u003e, John Birmingham ponders the Australian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has become more assertive and our armed forces are being radically restructured and hardened. Australia now has the capacity, and even the will, to act as a military power in its region.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Time for War\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a gripping account of Operation Anaconda, the 2002 battle in Afghanistan to which Australian special forces made a crucial contribution. Birmingham also looks at our war dreaming: the sanctification of Anzac Day and the eclipse of the Vietnam Syndrome. Ranging from Sir John Monash to Peter Cosgrove, from Rudyard Kipling to \u003cem\u003eThe One Day of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e, he finds that our armed forces can now do no wrong, and that politicians have taken note. The new militarism is not simply a response to September 11, he argues – it marks a deeper shift in the culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 20, \u003cem\u003eA Time for War\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-hugh-white-0\"\u003eHugh White\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-wesley-0\"\u003eMichael Wesley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-graeme-cheeseman\"\u003eGraeme Cheeseman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44560297296007,"sku":"9781863951340-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe20_0_2a39c6a9-8252-4cc1-af31-5fab74bdd5f8.jpg?v=1625796556"},{"product_id":"whats-left-qe21-by-clive-hamilton","title":"What's Left; QE21 by Clive Hamilton","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhat's Left\u003c\/em\u003e, Clive Hamilton throws out a challenge to Australia's party of social democracy – to both its true believers and right-wing machine men. Will it be business-as-usual and creeping atrophy, or will the Labor Party find a new way of talking to individualistic, affluent Australia?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Hamilton, Labor and the Left must acknowledge that the social democracy of old – with its strong unions, public ownership of assets and distinct social classes – is dead. Prosperity, more than poverty, is the dominant characteristic of Australia today. Given this, should governments confine themselves to stoking the fires of the economy and protecting the interests of wealth creators? Or is there room for a political program that embodies new ideals but can also withstand economic scare tactics?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an original and provocative account of our present political juncture by a man of the Left who accuses the Left of irrelevance. Any new progressive politics, Hamilton argues, will need to tap into the anxieties and aspirations of the nation, find new ways to talk about morality, and thereby address deeper human needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 21,\u003ci\u003e What’s Left\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-rebecca-huntley-1\"\u003eRebecca Huntley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-guy-rundle\"\u003eGuy Rundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-andrew-norton\"\u003eAndrew Norton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562903859335,"sku":"9781863951821-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe21_0_f5945239-1245-4e2b-a82d-e9ee972381e8.jpg?v=1625796559"},{"product_id":"voting-for-jesus-qe22-by-amanda-lohrey","title":"Voting for Jesus; QE22 by Amanda Lohrey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Hillsong Church to the Family First Party, Australia appears to be experiencing an evangelical revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eVoting for Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e, Amanda Lohrey investigates that revival – its shape and scope, and what it means for the mainstream churches and the nation's politics. She talks to young believers and analyses the machinations of the Christian Right. She discusses, with humour and insight, the appeal of the megachurch, the changing image of Jesus and the political theories of George Pell and Peter Jensen.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoting for Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e is also an essay about the use and abuse of religion in party politics. Examining the success of Family First, Lohrey argues that Christians in politics have far less influence than they would like – the government uses them when convenient and otherwise disregards them. Blending individual interviews with political argument, she makes a subtle case for the blessings of secularism and the variety of spiritual encounters it makes possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 22, \u003cem\u003eVoting for Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-marion-maddox\"\u003eMarion Maddox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-edmund-campion\"\u003eEdmund Campion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-peter-jensen\"\u003ePeter Jensen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562904088711,"sku":"9781863952309-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe22_0_e2ed8eba-66b4-47be-882e-afc7536b91f3.jpg?v=1625796564"},{"product_id":"the-history-question-qe23-by-inga-clendinnen","title":"The History Question; QE23 by Inga Clendinnen","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe History Question\u003c\/em\u003e, Inga Clendinnen looks past the skirmishes and pitched battles of the history wars and asks what's at stake – what kind of history do we want and need? Should our historians be producing the \"objective record of achievement\" that the Prime Minister has called for? For Clendinnen, historians cannot be the midwives of national identity and also be true to their profession: history cannot do the work of myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eClendinnen illuminates the ways in which history, myth and fiction differ from one another, and why the differences are important. In discussing what good history looks like, she pays tribute to the human need for story telling but notes the distinctive critical role of the historian. She offers a spirited critique of Kate Grenville's novel \u003cem\u003eThe Secret River\u003c\/em\u003e, and discusses the Stolen Generations and the role of morality in history writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an eloquent and stimulating essay about a subject that has generated much heat in recent times: how we should record and regard the nation's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 23, \u003cem\u003eThe History Question\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-anna-clark\"\u003eAnna Clark\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-alan-atkinson\"\u003eAlan Atkinson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-john-hirst-1\"\u003eJohn Hirst\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562907332743,"sku":"9781863952545-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe23_0_68d140e4-69c1-47ce-ba44-d61679eeaf05.jpg?v=1625796568"},{"product_id":"no-fixed-address-qe24-by-robyn-davidson","title":"No Fixed Address; QE24 by Robyn Davidson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter many thousands of years, the nomads are disappearing, swept away by modernity. Robyn Davidson has spent a good part of her life with nomadic cultures – in Australia, north-west India, Tibet and the Indian Himalayas – and she herself calls three countries home. In this \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Essay\u003c\/em\u003e, she draws on her unique experience to delineate a vanishing way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a time of environmental peril, Davidson argues that the nomadic way with nature offers valuable lessons. Cosmologies such as the Aboriginal Dreaming encode irreplaceable knowledge of the natural world, and nomadic cultures emphasise qualities of tolerance, adaptability and human interconnectedness. She also explores a notable paradox: that even as classical nomadism is disappearing, hypermobility has become the hallmark of modern life. For the privileged, there is an almost unrestricted freedom of movement and an ever-growing culture of transience and virtuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Fixed Address \u003c\/em\u003eis a fascinating and moving essay, part lament, part evocation and part exhilarating speculative journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 24,  \u003cem\u003eNo Fixed Address\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-eric-rolls\"\u003eEric Rolls\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44562909462663,"sku":"9781863952866-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe24_0_54fd8e6c-3bf7-4c78-906e-6bb18fc6db27.jpg?v=1625796572"},{"product_id":"bipolar-nation-qe25-by-peter-hartcher","title":"Bipolar Nation; QE25 by Peter Hartcher","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBipolar Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Hartcher discusses the fantasies and realities at the heart of our politics. When our political leaders look at us, what do they see? What are the hopes, fears and dreams of the Australian electorate, and how might they be turned to election winning advantage? What, most fundamentally, do we want in a prime minister?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this scintillating and original essay, Peter Hartcher investigates today's \"bipolar nation\", where Australians are more economically secure, yet existentially as anxious as ever. He explains how the Lucky Country and the Frightened Country will be the two grand themes of the election year, and discusses how John Howard will set out to craft an election winning strategy on that basis. 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