Publications
Fear and Politics
Author/editor: Lawrence, Carmen
Year published: 2006
To talk of Australians and fear in one breath might seem a contradiction. A defining element of our vision of ourselves is of a resilient and fearness bunch of iconoclasts who could never be stampeded into frightened submission. But Dr Carmen Lawrence argues that fear has been a crucial factor in…
Intolerance: The E. Coli of the Human Mind
Author/editor: Akenson, Donald Harman
Year published: 2003
In this set of four discussions, Professor Donald Akenson deals with the notion that intolerance lies at the heart of our culture. Like some endemic biological entity, it can be controlled, but its dangers are ever present. Professor Akenson's observations break into two parts. In the first two…