After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches
A Politics, Biography, Australia book. "Beauty is about the quest for perfection or an ideal, and that quest has to begin with aesthetic...
A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating Books of speeches are rarely published as a compendium of work by one person. After Words is unique in Australian publishing by virtue of its scale and range of subjects, and that all the speeches are the work of one eye and one mind: former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Each speech has been conceptualized, contextualized and crafted by Paul Keating. Subject to subject, idea to idea, the speeches are related in a wider construct, which is the way Paul Keating has viewed and thought about the world. The speeches reveal the breadth and depth of his interests—be they cultural, historical, or policy-focused—dealing with subjects as broad as international relations, economic policy and politics. Individual chapters range from a discussion of Jorn Utzon's Opera House through to the redesign of Berlin, the history of native title, Australia's relationship to the countries of Asia, the role of the monarchy, to the shape of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, and more. After Words contains an...
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Paul Keating is a romantic. He believes that politics is an art based upon passion and intuition. This book, a collection of his speeches post PM, also shows his scathing side and his fierce intelligence. No wonder he is so feared and despised by the reactionaries in Australia because he calls them for what they are small minded parochial... A man with so much intelligence, ego and wit. "Beauty is about the quest for perfection or an ideal, and that quest has to begin with aesthetic imagination - something informed by conscience, carved by duty. [Immanuel] Kant called it 'the inner command', the ethical construct one creates to guide one from within." - From Keating's introduction to the book.Paul Keating is a man...
