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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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Road Pricing and Provision: Solving public policy challenges

17 October 2018

Economic Society of Australia Presentation Road Pricing Road Provision Transport Policy transport reform

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Walter Benjamin's Oeuvre: The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

08 October 2018

Art Book Notes Ernest Hemingway Franz Kafka Italo Calvino J.A. Underwood Joe Frost Leonardo da Vinci Marcel Proust Mortimer Jerome Adler Technology Walter Benjamin

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Learning Italo Calvino's Literary Oeuvre

08 October 2018

Anglophone Benito Mussolini Book Notes Ernest Hemingway France Harold Bloom Italian Literature Italo Calvino Martin McLaughlin Menton Mortimer Jerome Adler Second World War Walter Benjamin

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The Republic: Religion rules, recipes for today's kitchens, and ¿Qué?

02 October 2018

Benjamin Jowett Book Notes Heraclitus Hesiod Homer Pedagogy Philosophy Plato Politics Socrates Stoicism Teaching Philosophy Theology

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Sir Walter Ralegh: Poet, soldier, explorer

28 September 2018

Book Notes Poetry Queen Elizabeth Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex Ruth Padel Sir Henry Wotton Sir Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare

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Lessons from Boy's Own Macabre: How not to be a twerp

27 September 2018

Ambrose Bierce Book Notes Boy's Own Carl Stephenson Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald H.G. Wells H.H. Munroe Jack London Kurt Vonnegut Richard Connell

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On Taste, Sound, and Smell: Calvino's unfinished business

27 September 2018

Arthur Schnitzler Baz Luhrmann Book Notes Charles Bukowski Cynthia Oznick Harold Bloom Italian Italian Literature Italo Calvino New York Times Stanley Kubrick Thomas Mann

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Plato finds God, modern philosophers ignore Him, ego ruins Socratic method

24 September 2018

Aldous Huxley Benjamin Jowett Book Notes Deductive Reason Descartes Friedrich Nietzsche Heraclitus Karl Popper Philosophy Plato Pythagoras Socrates Socratic Method Spinoza Theology

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Ralph Waldo Trine: Inspirational stuff, but no cure for illness

23 September 2018

Book Notes Christian Science Friedrich Nietzsche Inner Life Napoleon Hill New Thought Movement Pedagogy Philosophy Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Trine Religion Self-Reliance Stoicism

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Hesiod's Misogyny (err... Theogony) and his Unhelpful Contribution to Internet Bulletin Boards (Works and Days)

21 September 2018

Ancient Greece Book Notes Hesiod La Rochefoucauld Literature Pandora Philosophy Theology

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Dr Michael de Percy: Michael de Percy is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Canberra, Academic Fellow of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
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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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

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

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Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships

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