Gregory Melleuish (born 1954) is an Australian associate professor of

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University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...

. Subjects he teaches include

Australian politics The politics of Australia take place within the framework of a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system under its Constitution, one of the world's oldest, since F ...

political theory Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

world history World history may refer to: * Human history, the history of human beings * History of Earth, the history of planet Earth * World history (field), a field of historical study that takes a global perspective * ''World History'' (album), a 1998 albu ...

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ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

. Previously, he taught

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Australian Studies Australian studies forms part of the academic field of cultural studies. It involves an examination of what constructs Australia's national identity. This area of scholarship traditionally involves the study of Australian history, society and cu ...

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. He occasionally contributes opinion pieces for ''

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Political leanings

Melleuish is a political

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

, who supports

liberalism Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ...

and admires the conservative

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. In his occasional columns, he often advocates

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and criticises the way history is taught in Australian schools and universities. His main interests include: * Australian political culture * Australian intellectual history with an emphasis on political, cultural and religious ideas * World history (field), World history, in particular the role of the state, war and commercial activity.

Bibliography

*''Cultural Liberalism in Australia: A study in intellectual and cultural history'' (CUP 1995) *''The Packaging of Australia: Politics and culture wars'' (UNSW Press 1998) *''A Short History of Australian Liberalism'' (CIS 2001) *''Union Amongst the Colonies'' (Australian Scholarly Publishing 2001) (with John West) *''Blaming Ourselves: September 11 and the agony of the left'' (Duffy & Snellgrove 2002) (edited with

Imre Salusinszky Imre Salusinszky (born 1955) is an Australian journalist, political adviser and English literature academic who is currently media adviser to former Australian Government Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, P ...

) *''The Power of Ideas: Essays on Australian politics and history'' (Australian Scholarly Publishing 2009) *''Australian Intellectuals: Their strange history and pathological tendencies'' (Connor Court 2013) * Online version is titled "The Machiavellians in our universities". *''The Forgotten Menzies: The world picture of Australia's longest-serving prime minister'', co-authored by Stephen A. Chavura (Melbourne University Press 2021)

References

External links

Profile of Gregory Melleuish

Online opinion page

* ttps://theconversation.com/profiles/gregory-melleuish-8479 Gregory Melleuish– ''

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