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From Diderot to Charlie Hebdo, what were the enlightenments?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
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On July 14, 1936, the 147th anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, members of the French Popular Front, the broad progressive coalition against fascism, paraded through Paris. The people’s banners bore portraits of three heroes of the 18th century French enlightenment: Diderot, Voltaire, and Rousseau.

Perhaps...

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Turnbull is buying much-needed time by the sheer deployment of his personality

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageMalcolm Turnbull received a rapturous welcome at the Business Council of Australia dinner. AAP/Dan Himbrechts

It was quite an extraordinary statement from a hard-headed business leader when Catherine Livingstone told Malcolm Turnbull that “in just seven weeks … the impact you have had on national sentiment is almost unparalleled”....

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The Conversation's 2015 Yearbook: Politics, policy and the chance of change

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

It has been a pretty challenging political year: political and economic turbulence, threats of terrorism and climate change, the prospect of Australia’s charmed run as “the lucky country” coming to an end. Oh, and for those with a taste for personality politics there’s the small matter of Malcolm Turnbull ousting Tony...

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  1. Despite help on offer, many smokers prefer to quit on their own – here's why
  2. A timeless tonic for our modern malaise? Stoicism may be the way forward
  3. How the insanity defence against a murder charge works
  4. Citizens, arrests, and 7-metre dinosaurs: the history of UN climate summit protests
  5. Will the Paris agreement be legally binding?
  6. Michelle Payne defies horse racing's long history as a sport of blokes
  7. Praying for rain
  8. A year of records: the human role in 2014's wild weather
  9. Increasing GST to cut income tax would be a zero sum game
  10. To eliminate malaria in the Asia-Pacific we need to target recurrent infections
  11. Speaking with: Aric Bendorf on how to increase organ donation rates in Australia
  12. Driverless cars will change the way we think of car ownership
  13. It's profoundly depressing to see 'creativity' used as the go-to word for a flagging neo-liberalism
  14. Grattan on Friday: Issues from Gough Whitlam's 1975 dismissal lie dormant until the republic debate revives
  15. Here's how we can stop putting Aboriginal people with disabilities in prison
  16. How can we recruit more teachers to work in rural schools? The health sector could have the answer
  17. Business Council heaps praise on Turnbull – and appeals for business tax relief
  18. Men and women use cannabis for different reasons
  19. Stop the miners: you can help Australia's birds by planting native gardens
  20. The theatre of authoritarian elections: why Myanmar is going to the polls
  21. Where we are on the road to driverless cars
  22. Award-winning film Tanna sets Romeo and Juliet in the south Pacific
  23. $6 billion for Candy Crush highlights the importance of female mobile gamers
  24. Japan Post soars in IPO – should Australia Post be next?
  25. How national multicultural legislation would strengthen Australian society
  26. GST compensation trades one inefficiency for another and won't achieve 'fairness'
  27. Is milk good for me, or should I ditch it?
  28. Elementary new theory on mass extinctions that wiped out life
  29. Keep an eye on vocal fry – it's all about power, status and gender
  30. Study: Australians can be sustainable without sacrificing lifestyle or economy
  31. Supporting, not imprisoning, Aboriginal people with disabilities could save millions
  32. Bringing maths into bedtime stories can help children learn – and make the subject less scary for parents too
  33. GST hike regressive and should be a last option: ACOSS
  34. Politics podcast: Katy Gallagher on transitioning from chief minister to senator
  35. How now Meow Meow? The Seven Deadly Sins is a Weimar Opera with 21st-century resonance
  36. Thinking through (popular) film
  37. Australia wins at the global creative game
  38. Is that a human or machine driving? Mistaken identity can lead to tragedy
  39. 'Highbrow' and 'middlebrow' are irrelevant when it comes to which writing survives
  40. Explainer: what is naloxone and how can it help save drug users who overdose?
  41. In Neville Wran, Turnbull has a leadership model to win the tax debate
  42. Merging federal courts’ administration won't improve services for those who need it
  43. China flags 6.5% growth rate, but needs real financial reform to get there
  44. Why do we tax goods and services at the same rate, when goods are so much less sustainable?
  45. Mungo Man moves to National Museum, but he's still not home
  46. Can Medicare sustain the health of our ageing population?
  47. Fruity, with a hint of gobbledygook: it's time to give up on wine wankery
  48. Aboriginal people with disabilities get caught in a spiral of over-policing
  49. Why tax breaks are not the answer to encourage Australian startups
  50. A focus on private investment means universities can't fulfil their public role

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