Critical Realism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Roy Bhaskar
By Andrew Collier
Verso, 1994
Plato Etc: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution
By Roy Bhaskar
Verso, 1994
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
The philosophical
Culture
HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) has reprinted the classic The Emperor Wears No Clothes and has added an Australian supplement, Hemp and the Marijuana Conspiracy in Australia.
Trim, Taut and Terrific
Written by Nick Hughes and Ian Farr
Junction Theatre, Thebarton (Adelaide), until June 10
Reviewed by Sophia Villis and Anthony Thirlwall
Trim, Taut and Terrific is exactly that. It's musical theatre that neatly
Loud silences and abusive families
Spanking the Monkey
Opening in Sydney June 1 and Melbourne June 9
Previewed by Lou Stanley
The film is well directed and at points quite funny, but the most disturbing aspect is the audience's response
The Private Life of Chairman Mao: the inside story of the man who made modern China
By Zhisui Li
London: Chatto and Windus, 1994. 682 pp., $19.95
Reviewed by Eva Cheng
Official history often only tells half truth and leaves out what the
A moving tale, told in music
Oh My God I'm Black!
Devised by Maryanne Sam, Irine Vela and Patricia Cornelius
Performed by Maryanne Sam and Irine Vela
Budinski's Theatre, Carlton, until June 10
Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
Melbourne
Taking up where World War II left off
The Secrets of Porton Down
The Cutting Edge, SBS TV
Tuesday, June 6 8.30pm (8pm SA)
Reviewed by Sean Moysey
World War II produced some horrible weapons: napalm, nuclear bombs, guided rockets, fire
Ding Zilin is the mother of Chiang Jielian, a 17-year-old student who was among the hundreds massacred in Tienanmen Square six years ago, on June 4, 1989. Chinese officials branded the pro-democracy protests "counter-revolutionary" and claimed that
By Willie Wahlin
SYDNEY — Anyone who has been to a session of Brackets and Jam will already be familiar with the lively, sweaty, loud and happy atmosphere that is created every Monday night. For those who have not, you are in for a feast of
City in the country
By Phil Patterson
ORANGE — Hard-edged urban theatre comes to country NSW with Sparky, a new play by Corinne Staas showing at the Civic Theatre Forum here in June and July.
Sparky is about domestic violence, youth
Dili November 1991
By Egas Alves
Today in my city the sky to be cloudy
To turn off in the view of the sunrise
The town apparently to be with sadness
What melancholy will appear to the people who are living there?
Today in my
World Music: The Rough Guide
Rough Guides/Penguin Books, 1994
720pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
This moderately priced brick of a book is a godsend for anybody interested in beginning the addictive journey of exploration through
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