Writings by Giovanni Navarria
29
Nov
2013
Enough of Silvio
Posted On November 29, 2013  By Gio  And has No Comment

Enough of the martyr Silvio Berlusconi, Originally published in The Conversation, 28 Nov. 2013 By Giovanni Navarria, University of Sydney On Wednesday evening, the Italian Senate forced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to step down as a senator. In typical Italian fashion, the day of reckoning […]

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26
Nov
2013
21st Century society of control?
Posted On November 26, 2013  By Gio  And has No Comment

Original tittle: Towards A Twenty-first Century Society of Control, first published on OpenDemocracy.net 26 Nov. 2013 –  find it here Since last June, thanks to the confidential information disclosed by Edward Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor turned whistle-blower, a troubling truth has come […]

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02
Nov
2013
Media, power and decadence
Posted On November 2, 2013  By Gio  And has No Comment

Media, power and decadence: some disquieting trends,  Giovanni Navarria and John Keane was first published on THE CONVERSATION, 01 November 2013 While Australians face the possibility of the first-ever Senate by-election, as well as stormy sittings of a new parliament wrangling over the pro and cons of scrapping a carbon tax, […]

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17
May
2013
Malaysian Election: a paradigm shift?
Posted On May 17, 2013  By Gio  And has No Comment

This is a short paper I recently published in openDemocracy. Origitnal title: Malaysia After the Election: A Paradigm Shift? Malaysia’s 2013 general election has come and gone. Before 5 May, it promised to be the most exciting electoral race since the country won its independence from […]

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07
Jul
2011
Review: The Tree of Life (***)
Posted On July 7, 2011  By Gio  And has No Comment

Terrence Malick is a reclusive director that shies away from Hollywood limelight (like Vampires from the Sun). On average, he has made a movie every eight years. His first two works, Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978) are now considered classic. The latter starred a […]

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