The Resource Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay
Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay
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The item Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- 'When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.' Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmonious society. Individualism is rampant. Income inequality is growing. Public education is under-resourced. The gender revolution is stalling. We no longer trust our major institutions or our political leaders. We are more socially fragmented, more anxious, more depressed, more overweight, more medicated, deeper in debt and increasingly addicted - whether to our digital devices, drugs, pornography or 'stuff'. Yet esteemed social researcher Hugh Mackay remains optimistic. Twenty-five years ago, he revolutionised Australian social analysis with the publication of Reinventing Australia. Now he takes another unflinching look at us and offers some compelling proposals for a more compassionate and socially cohesive Australia. You might not agree with everything he suggests, but you'll find it hard to get some of his ideas out of your head. Argued with intelligence and passion, this book is essential reading for everyone who loves Australia enough to want to make it a better place for us all
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Isbn
- 9781743534823
- Label
- Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society
- Title
- Australia reimagined
- Title remainder
- towards a more compassionate, less anxious society
- Statement of responsibility
- Hugh Mackay
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.' Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmonious society. Individualism is rampant. Income inequality is growing. Public education is under-resourced. The gender revolution is stalling. We no longer trust our major institutions or our political leaders. We are more socially fragmented, more anxious, more depressed, more overweight, more medicated, deeper in debt and increasingly addicted - whether to our digital devices, drugs, pornography or 'stuff'. Yet esteemed social researcher Hugh Mackay remains optimistic. Twenty-five years ago, he revolutionised Australian social analysis with the publication of Reinventing Australia. Now he takes another unflinching look at us and offers some compelling proposals for a more compassionate and socially cohesive Australia. You might not agree with everything he suggests, but you'll find it hard to get some of his ideas out of your head. Argued with intelligence and passion, this book is essential reading for everyone who loves Australia enough to want to make it a better place for us all
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mackay, Hugh
- Dewey number
- 306.0994
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- National characteristics, Australian
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Label
- Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062164752
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743534823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022117212
- Label
- Australia reimagined : towards a more compassionate, less anxious society, Hugh Mackay
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062164752
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743534823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1022117212
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