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Le Flâneur Politique

The concept of le flâneur politique becomes my "vehicle for the examination of the conditions of modernity". A blog about my political science research, teaching, and community engagement, and my philosophical, pedagogical, and literary musings.

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Spivak: What's in a name?

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Aleksandar Hemon: On the smell of socialist grease and vinegar

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Eyes Wide Shut: The book is better than the movie

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Intellectual Underpinnings: or, You expected a revolution without firing squads?

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This isn't writing, it's just typing...

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Lessons from Camus' The Plague: or, Doing one's duty in the present moment

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I am convinced that Leo Sayer was channelling Nietzsche in 1974!

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Theodore Roosevelt: An Exemplification of the Golden Mean of Virtue

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The Extroverted Introvert Escapes into a Prison (and other stupid things)

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Dr Michael de Percy

Dr Michael de Percy CMILT is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Government and Policy and an Academic Fellow of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra.

His research focuses on transport, logistics and communications policy and infrastructure. He adopts an historical institutionalist approach to understand how policy decisions made in the past influence the options available in the present. This is particularly important in networked technologies such as transport and communications where legacy technologies tend to restrict optimal use of emerging technologies.

Michael teaches political economy and leadership and he is a keen adopter of flexible pedagogical approaches in his teaching. He is a graduate of the Australian National University (PhD) and the Royal Military College Duntroon, and he is a Chartered Member (CMILT) of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

All comments on this blog are Dr Michael de Percy's personal views only. For media commentary, please contact Michael via Expert Guide or email michael.depercy@canberra.edu.au.

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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

The Imitation of Christ

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

Politics and the English Language

The Stoic Philosophy; Conway Memorial Lecture Delivered at South Place Institute on March 16, 1915

The Art of Happiness

Culture and Anarchy

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change

The Consolations of Philosophy

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

To the Letter: The Lost Art of Letter Writing and How to Get It Back

The Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

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