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Earlier this week, the Clerk hosted the Speaker of the Parliament of Vanuatu and a distinguished delegation.
This visit marks a special milestone in our 15-year twinning relationship, celebrating a bond of friendship and cooperation between our Parliaments. 🤝🌏
ALT A group photo of the delegates on the grand staircase in Parliament House.
ALT A contemporary wooden sculpture of a chief sitting on a marble shelf with a folder of information about the Parliament of Vanuatu.
A privilege to attend yesterday’s launch of ‘Political Lives,’ which explores the complex relationship between PMs, their biographies & biographers. Raving review from Treasurer, @JEChalmers. Thanks to wonderful hosts, @UniCanberra & @paddynixon. And well done @c_s_wallace! ⭐️
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And the last panel! #AusPSA2021 Political theory, not an easy topic, it was great to hear @Macquarie_Uni own Ian Tregenza and Steve Wood, @EdmundHandby interesting intuition approach, and @LSHennessy love the idea of a practical way of teaching politics👏🏽 @PoliticsandIRMQ @AusPSA
Richard Rorty in 1999 on the “Nietzscheanized left”: “I’m willing to bet that the brightest new Ph.D.’s in English that year [2010] will be people who never want to hear the terms ‘binary opposition’ or ‘hegemonic discourse’ again as long as they live.”
Say Elton says:
—politics comprises actions & contexts of action;
—take care to distinguish words of politicians from deeds/motives;
—be aware of the powers/limitations of politicians.
What kind of ‘knowledge’ is this? Because it’s similar to what some ‘political theorists’ do. – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
A question for philosophers and #twitterstorians alike. When a political historian writes a book reflecting on their craft (👇), what kind of discipline or genre would you say they are engaged in? It’s not quite history as such, but nor is it necessarily ‘philosophy’ or ‘theory.’ – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
