Australian writer and historian, author of Why the Enlightenment Matters and Stern Justice. Articles in @merionwest, @arcdigi, @freethinkermag and @quillette.
My latest book, Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking That Made the Modern World, by @Aus_Scholarly, is now up on Amazon and Google Books as an E-Book: https://t.co/l8DUAZjVhK
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I discuss my book, 'Why the Enlightenment Matters', with @IonaItalia for @Quillette, where I set out to explain the shift in our thinking that has made our civilisation so unusually successful:
@SherifMorris@zoecabina@IonaItalia@Quillette The French Enlightenment only really got going after the death of Louis XIV in 1715, well after Britain and the Netherlands. The movement started in Protestant countries - although there is a debate why that was.
My first book, the Last Fifty Miles: Australia and the End of the Great War, was published by @PenguinBooksAus ten years ago. I reflect on writing, history and historiography a decade later.
Given the YIMBY v NIMBY debates of the 2020s, I thought I would go back to look at how the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was received in the 1920s.
I write about social capital, democracy, and isolation - the impact that the decline in membership organisations has on individuals and society as a whole.