Robert Manne

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Robert Manne

Robert Manne (born October 31, 1947 ) is an Australian political scientist and professor emeritus at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He is considered to be one of Australia's leading intellectuals.

Life

Man's parents were Jewish refugees from Europe.

Mann's research interests include Eastern and Central European politics, the Cold War, and the History Wars . From 1990 to 1997 he was editor of Quadrant magazine and from 2006 to 2011 chairman of the editorial board of The Monthly magazine , for which he also regularly contributes. Manne is editor of the anthology Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History (2003), in which scientists and professors argue against Keith Windschuttle's theses on the history of the Australian Aborigines .

He criticized the coverage and public influence of the conservative Murdoch newspaper The Australian in his 2011 essay Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation . He has also done research on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust . He is the author or editor of a total of 20 books.

Manne has received numerous awards for his books and essays. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia .

In a 2005 poll by the Sydney Morning Herald , Robert Manne was voted Australia's leading intellectual.

Publications

Books as an author

  • The Petrov Affair: Politics and Espionage. Pergamon, 1987.
  • The Culture of Forgetting: Helen Demidenko and the Holocaust. Text Publ. Co., 1996.
  • Left, Right, Left: Political Essays 1977-2005. Black Inc., 2005.
  • Making Trouble: Essays Against the New Australian Compliance. Black Inc., 2011.

Books as editor

  • Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History. Black Inc., 2003.
  • Do Not Disturb: Is the Media Failing Australia? Black Inc., 2005.

Journal articles

  • In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right. Quarterly Essay, Issue 1, 2001.
  • Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation. Quarterly Essay, Issue 43, 2011.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b The Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's top 100 public intellectuals , March 12, 2005
  2. ^ Vice-Chancellor's Fellow: Professor Robert Manne
  3. ^ Robert Manne (ed.): Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History. Black Inc., 2003
  4. ^ Robert Manne: Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation. Quarterly Essay, Issue 43, 2011
  5. ↑ ASSA: Professor Robert Manne ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.assa.edu.au
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SURNAME Manne, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1947