Adam Wakeling

Australian writer and historian, author of Why the Enlightenment Matters and Stern Justice. Articles in @merionwest, @arcdigi, @freethinkermag and @quillette.

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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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@Quillette @FreethinkerMag I also write about Australian history, current events and society on my Substack: https://t.co/qmTMVMTVnj

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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:

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I have written about the Enlightenment both for @Quillette and also for @FreethinkerMag, e.g.: https://t.co/4FhonHKbDk

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@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.

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.@IonaItalia talks to lawyer and historian @AdamMWakeling about the enduring importance of Enlightenment values and how to defend them today.

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@PenguinBooksAus Link: https://t.co/HZzOI0wrGn

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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.

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Me on Anzac Day's changing meaning (link in replies).

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https://t.co/2eWPrqJzK5

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I'm in @FreethinkerMag on online extremism's challenge to the Enlightenment (link in replies).

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Link: https://t.co/2LxHiwG6i3

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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.

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https://t.co/swz3uzeM4G

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I compare One Nation's performance in the recent SA election with its famous peak performance in Queensland in 1998.

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I write about the origins of women's suffrage, including the curiously early enfranchisement of women in Utah.

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Link: https://t.co/iAJOwmKu87

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I write about social capital, democracy, and isolation - the impact that the decline in membership organisations has on individuals and society as a whole.