Robert Manne's Impact On Australian Politics

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Politics is supposed to be an important aspect of a country. In fact, we cannot think of any nation without its political history. Politics really influences the daily life of every person in a country but does not, however; seem to be easy for people to understand. To comprehend politics, people have to seek help from various sources such as media, newspapers, books and especially, public intellectuals who are well renowned thinkers. Public intellectuals are: writers, scientists, teachers, and specialists from other fields, as well. Australia has many public intellectuals who have impacts on various fields. Robert Manne is one of Australian prominent public intellectual who has been twice voted as one of the top Australia’s leading public …show more content…
Because his political spectrum has been influenced by a wide range of political, economic, philosophical, and academic figures.

In conclusion, Robert Manne is, in the mind of this writer, a leading public intellectual. Not because he is a member of various renowned institutions, or achieved academic success, but because he makes people in Australia see their country’s past from a different view. He has very deep understanding and above all, he has been proved to be successful in explaining a clear picture of Australian politics in regard to asylum seekers, climate change and the various political leaders who have impacts on Australian politics. He seems to make very effective argument in regards to Australian political history which can impart sufficient knowledge to an ordinary man regarding politics. He suggests, Many of the problems of the left come from the 70 years it lost in supporting the failed totalitarian ideals of communism. You need to been devastating.
He seems to be the person who could restore faith in left wing politics (Latham 2012). He has contributed very much to Australian media such as newspapers, magazines and electronic media which includes radio and television

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