John Keane

John Keane, born in Australia, studied at the universities of Adelaide, Toronto, and Cambridge. In 1989, he founded the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD). He is a professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at... Wissenschaftszentrum BerlinHis research interests include the future of global governance; fear, violence, and democracy; citizenship and civil society; the history of secularism; public life and freedom of communication; 18th-century republicanism; the post-communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe; and the philosophy and politics of Islam. Among the many books he has written, the following stand out. The Media and Democracy, which has been translated into more than 25 languages, and The Life and Death of Democracy. John Keane held the professorship Karl DeutschHe was a member of the Institute for Public Policy Research in London, and studied in Berlin. Considered one of the leading political thinkers and writers in the world, he was nominated for several awards. Balzan and Holbergfor exceptional global contributions to the humanities. Learn more about the author at Johnkeane.net