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Category Archives: National Identity
A lesson about community
Who would have thought that, in the saga that is the ‘recovery’ of Christchurch, it would be the Anglican Church that would give us the clearest example of the emptiness of modern expressions of ‘community’? When push came to shove … Continue reading
What ground is ‘left’ when it comes to land, assets – and nationalism?
It’s the issue that won’t go away [and here], so it’s probably a good time to ask “Where should the left stand on the land (and ‘our’ assets)?” “Stand in the place where you live” – so sang REM in what … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Freedom, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, National Identity, New Zealand Politics
Tagged capitalism, economic history, Freedom, ideology, markets, New Zealand Identity
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ANZAC Day and Nationalism
I’ve never been to an ANZAC Day dawn service. I’ve often tried to work out why. I think I now know.
Posted in Fascism, Freedom, Military, National Identity, New Zealand Politics
Tagged army, fascism, Freedom, ideology, New Zealand Identity
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Who’s afraid of (the charge of) ‘elitism’?
Is it elitist to advocate government funding of TVNZ 7 and, by extension, Concert FM, National Radio, the NZSO and the Royal New Zealand Ballet? I don’t think so. Michelle Boag, in her appearance on Jim Mora’s ‘The Panel’ on … Continue reading
Posted in Human Nature, National Identity, New Zealand Politics
Tagged human nature, ideology, New Zealand Identity, self-interest
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The Key(wi) way to being ordinary – Part III
In this final part of a series of posts on the value of ‘ordinariness’ in New Zealand I want to focus on the question I avoided right at the start: Why would someone from the left write such an apparently … Continue reading
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The Key(wi) way to being ordinary – Part II
In Part I of this series, I pointed out that there was something paradoxical about the way in which, in New Zealand, the idea of ordinariness is understood. It is encapsulated in the idea that ‘you can be anything you … Continue reading
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The Key(wi) way to being ordinary – Part I
In a recent column, left wing commentator Chris Trotter has written what appears to be a paen to Prime Minister John Key. (I’ll address this issue in a series of posts, this being the first.) Trotter argues that John Key … Continue reading
Are we all Hobbits now?
‘The Hobbit Enabling Act’ – the title alone should keep postmodern theorists in scholarly manuscripts for at least the next decade. Apparently, we’re all now enabled to be Hobbits – but is that what we want to be? Alternatively, if … Continue reading
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Tagged industrial dispute, John Key, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit
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