Tag: commodification

Alan Roberts Prize: What if Ivan Illich Were Elected Mayor?

Arena Quarterly no. 7

Samuel Alexander, Brendan Gleeson

Sep 2021

The winning essay for 2021 in Arena’s annual Alan Roberts Prize.
"Why we need to talk about the NDIS

Marketising Social Care, by Fiona Macdonald

Arena Magazine no. 149

Fiona Macdonald

Aug 2017

Why we need to talk about the NDIS
"What does security—the necessity of being able to assume the contours of a relatively stable…

All that Melts…, by Alison Caddick

Arena Magazine no. 149

Alison Caddick

Aug 2017

What does security—the necessity of being able to assume the contours of a relatively stable life-world—mean any more?
"Angela Mitropoulos: Citizens are commodities, dialogue is dead and civilisation is barbaric in the new…

Habeas Corpus

Arena Magazine 55

Oct 2001

Angela Mitropoulos: Citizens are commodities, dialogue is dead and civilisation is barbaric in the new global order. Against capital and state, open borders represent hope.
"Kate Cregan: Victoria Embraces the Genetic Argument Without Argument

On the Frontier of the Bio-tech Boom

Arena Magazine 54

Aug 2001

Kate Cregan: Victoria Embraces the Genetic Argument Without Argument
"Guy Rundle on Big Pharma's response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa

AIDS in Africa

Arena Magazine 52

Apr 2001

Guy Rundle on Big Pharma's response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa
"Alison Caddick on Peter Singer and the Genetic Manipulation of Intelligence

Liberal Post-Humanism?

Arena Magazine 49

Oct 2000

Alison Caddick on Peter Singer and the Genetic Manipulation of Intelligence
"James Goodman The World Economic Forum is Coming to Town

Capital’s First International?

Arena Magazine 47

Jun 2000

James Goodman The World Economic Forum is Coming to Town
"Michele Willson asks how far can shock advertising go before we become unshockable.

Shock Fetish Shoes, Sex and Shock

Arena Magazine 46

Apr 2000

Michele Willson asks how far can shock advertising go before we become unshockable.