Archive for April, 2009
Expended in An Hour, Gallipoli!
While Australians and New Zealanders acknowledge Anzac Day, it is important to look beyond modern perceptions and to review what our ancestors thought about the events which ultimately led to this national annual remembrance.
Neoliberalism
“[N]eoliberalism is simply an assertion that the unintended consequences obtained from the selfish acts of maximising individuals in the marketplace will produce the best outcome. [But] standing in the way of a society that democratically plans the satisfaction of human needs are the vested interests of those who profit from this circuit of capital.” Adam [...]
Branding Life
“[T]he production and consumption of culture have become imbued with commercial values and marketing messages. Brands have become the most powerful means of forming and spreading culture.” Clive Hamilton in The Freedom Paradox, 2008.
The Appetite for Abstractions
“The logic of the consumption of culture militates against the maintenance of the deep coherence of religious and cultural traditions. The vast appetite for things … requires that symbols, beliefs, and practices be removed from their original contexts. Their retrieval enables them to live on, but they are enacted within a fundamentally different logic. … [...]
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