{"product_id":"9781921870224","title":"Making Trouble: Essays Against the New Australian Complacency","description":"\u003cb\u003eRobert Manne has twice been voted Australia’s leading public intellectual. This book will show you why.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaking Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e takes aim at the new Australian complacency. This is a book that will enlighten and challenge, as it traces the ideas and events that have recently changed the nation. It covers much ground – from Howard to Gillard by way of Rudd, from Victoria’s bushfires to the Apology, from Wilfred Burchett to Julian Assange. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaking Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e also includes an exchange of letters with Tony Abbott, critical appraisals of the ‘insider’ Paul Kelly and the ‘outsider’ Mark Latham, an insightful discussion of the political and moral issues surrounding climate change, appreciations of W.E.H. Stanner and Primo Levi, a reflection on ways of remembering the Holocaust, and incisive and original essays about the question of reconciliation and the treatment of asylum seekers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As this eloquent and important book shows, no one in Australia makes a better argument than Robert Manne. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This is a book for those who want to understand what it is to be an Australian public intellectual.’— \u003ci\u003eCanberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Compelling reading for anyone who wishes to understand how our political culture remains defined by Howard’s brand of conservatism.’— the \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robert Manne’s many books include \u003ci\u003eMaking Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Words That Made Australia\u003c\/i\u003e (as co-editor). He is the author of three Quarterly Essays, \u003ci\u003eIn Denial, Sending Them Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad News.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137336131824,"sku":"9781921870224","price":28.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921870224_p0.jpg?v=1763631851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921870224","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}