Looking into the Abyss: Trump, Australia and Beyond
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Author: Unknown
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
COLLECTION OF REFLECTIVE ESSAYS ON TIMELY AND TIMELESS ISSUES THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY This collection of insightful articles, essays and speeches from Barry Jones follows the acclaimed Knowledge Courage Leadership (2016) and includes refl ections on the big political and social issues and concerns locally, nationally and internationally. Understand more about key issues including science, evidence v. opinion, euthanasia/medically assisted dying, our failure to grasp the Republic issue, redefi ning politics in an age of toxicity and moral vacuum, the existential threat to democracy and what we must do to preserve it, fake news, the Age of Trump, and much more. Looking Into The Abyss is a rivetting and compelling read, written in Barrys easy fl owing and fact-based style. Barry is writing better than ever! About the Author: Barry Jones is an international and Australian polymath, writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, former politician and Minister for Science. Born in Geelong (1932), educated at Melbourne University, Barry was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. Awarded an AO in 1993, he was named as one of Australias 100 living national treasures in 1998 and was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. In 2014 he received an AC for services as a leading intellectual in Australian public life. He is the author of Dictionary of World Biography and Knowledge Courage Leadership also available through Wilkinson Publishing.
Author: Unknown
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
COLLECTION OF REFLECTIVE ESSAYS ON TIMELY AND TIMELESS ISSUES THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY This collection of insightful articles, essays and speeches from Barry Jones follows the acclaimed Knowledge Courage Leadership (2016) and includes refl ections on the big political and social issues and concerns locally, nationally and internationally. Understand more about key issues including science, evidence v. opinion, euthanasia/medically assisted dying, our failure to grasp the Republic issue, redefi ning politics in an age of toxicity and moral vacuum, the existential threat to democracy and what we must do to preserve it, fake news, the Age of Trump, and much more. Looking Into The Abyss is a rivetting and compelling read, written in Barrys easy fl owing and fact-based style. Barry is writing better than ever! About the Author: Barry Jones is an international and Australian polymath, writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, former politician and Minister for Science. Born in Geelong (1932), educated at Melbourne University, Barry was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. Awarded an AO in 1993, he was named as one of Australias 100 living national treasures in 1998 and was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. In 2014 he received an AC for services as a leading intellectual in Australian public life. He is the author of Dictionary of World Biography and Knowledge Courage Leadership also available through Wilkinson Publishing.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Unknown
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
COLLECTION OF REFLECTIVE ESSAYS ON TIMELY AND TIMELESS ISSUES THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY This collection of insightful articles, essays and speeches from Barry Jones follows the acclaimed Knowledge Courage Leadership (2016) and includes refl ections on the big political and social issues and concerns locally, nationally and internationally. Understand more about key issues including science, evidence v. opinion, euthanasia/medically assisted dying, our failure to grasp the Republic issue, redefi ning politics in an age of toxicity and moral vacuum, the existential threat to democracy and what we must do to preserve it, fake news, the Age of Trump, and much more. Looking Into The Abyss is a rivetting and compelling read, written in Barrys easy fl owing and fact-based style. Barry is writing better than ever! About the Author: Barry Jones is an international and Australian polymath, writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, former politician and Minister for Science. Born in Geelong (1932), educated at Melbourne University, Barry was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. Awarded an AO in 1993, he was named as one of Australias 100 living national treasures in 1998 and was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. In 2014 he received an AC for services as a leading intellectual in Australian public life. He is the author of Dictionary of World Biography and Knowledge Courage Leadership also available through Wilkinson Publishing.
Author: Unknown
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
COLLECTION OF REFLECTIVE ESSAYS ON TIMELY AND TIMELESS ISSUES THOUGHT-PROVOKING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY This collection of insightful articles, essays and speeches from Barry Jones follows the acclaimed Knowledge Courage Leadership (2016) and includes refl ections on the big political and social issues and concerns locally, nationally and internationally. Understand more about key issues including science, evidence v. opinion, euthanasia/medically assisted dying, our failure to grasp the Republic issue, redefi ning politics in an age of toxicity and moral vacuum, the existential threat to democracy and what we must do to preserve it, fake news, the Age of Trump, and much more. Looking Into The Abyss is a rivetting and compelling read, written in Barrys easy fl owing and fact-based style. Barry is writing better than ever! About the Author: Barry Jones is an international and Australian polymath, writer, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, former politician and Minister for Science. Born in Geelong (1932), educated at Melbourne University, Barry was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972-77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977-98. Awarded an AO in 1993, he was named as one of Australias 100 living national treasures in 1998 and was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. In 2014 he received an AC for services as a leading intellectual in Australian public life. He is the author of Dictionary of World Biography and Knowledge Courage Leadership also available through Wilkinson Publishing.
Looking into the Abyss: Trump, Australia and Beyond