Love is a Battlefield: Post-Political Control in an Era of Financial Crisis

This paper criticizes the ideology of deontological liberalism from the perspective of Marxist thought and employs the idea of temporality as an example of this critique. Deontological liberals like John Rawls argue that the liberal political order should be indifferent to ultimate ends. Consequently, Rawls constructs an "abstract" self that is defined apart from the concrete totality of a real human life. This paper argues, through Marx's essay "On the Jewish Question" that the liberal, bourgeois self is not "abstract" but exists in an instrumentalized society in which individuals treat themselves and others as means, not ends. Following this line of thought, the paper shows that the purportedly "abstract" or "empty" linear temporality of modern thought is actually commodified or instrumentalized time. The paper concludes with suggestions how "leisure" understood as non-instrumental or self-sufficient time could be an alternative to the commodified temporality of bourgeois culture.     

Entering the Lists: MI5's great spy round-up of August 1914

One of the most famous successes of the British Security Service, popularly known as MI5, was its great spy round-up of August 1914. According to all previous histories, official and unofficial, Vernon Kell, the first head of MI5, masterminded the arrest of 21 out of the 22 German agents working in Britain, crippling the German intelligence network within hours of the outbreak of the First World War. The event is still celebrated by MI5, but a careful study of the recently-opened records shows it to be a complete fabrication. This article examines the six surviving lists of suspects to show how and why MI5 created and perpetuated this remarkable lie.     

Indigenous societies and contemporary politics

Developments in Polynesian Ethnology, edited by Alan Howard and Robert Borofsky. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1990. ix + 374 pp. £26.60. ISBN 0–8248–1181‐X. Melanesia and the Western Polynesian Fringe: Vol. III of Russia and the South Pacific, 1696–1840, by Glynn Barratt. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1990. xvii+257 pp., 8 pp. plates, 12 maps. £34.15. ISBN 0–7748–0338‐X. Naga: Cultural Origins in Siam and the West Pacific, by Sumet Jumsai. Oxford University Press, Singapore and Oxford, 1989. 216 pp., 5 tables, 183 figs., 20 col. illus. £23.50 paperback. ISBN 0–19–588949–5. The Hawaiian Calabash, by Irving Jenkins, with photographs by Hugh de Vries. xii + 269 pp., col. and half‐tone plates, illus. £95. ISBN 0–7103–0339–4. New Caledonia: Anti‐colonialism in a Pacific territory (revised edition), by Helen Fraser. Peace Research Centre, ANU, Canberra, 1988. viii+88 pp. ISBN 0–7315–0484–4. Blood on their Banner: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific, by David Robie. Zed Books, London and New Jersey, 1990. 313 pp. £29.95 hardback, £8.95 paperback. ISBN 0–86232–864–0 and 0–86232–865–9. Australian Studies: A Survey, edited by James Walter. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Toronto, viii + 326 pp. £16. ISBN0–19–554773‐X. Australian Society, edited by Keith Hancock. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990. xiii+258 pp. £25. ISBN 0–521–36161–3.     

Incidental findings in CT colonography: literature review and survey of current research practice

Incidental findings (IFs) of potential medical significance are seen in approximately 5-8 percent of asymptomatic subjects and 16 percent of symptomatic subjects participating in large computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) studies, with the incidence varying further by CT acquisition technique. While most CTC research programs have a well-defined plan to detect and disclose IFs, such plans are largely communicated only verbally. Written consent documents should also inform subjects of how IFs of potential medical significance will be detected and reported in CTC research studies.     

More than Floods and Wind,Louisiana Courts Continue to Get It Right on the So-Called “Pollution Exclusion”

The buzz out of Louisiana of late has been mostly related to insurance for losses arising from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But Louisiana continues to be a critical jurisdiction for insurance claims of companies in the energy and chemical industries. And for such claims, Louisiana has correctly held that claims involving negligent exposure to a potentially dangerous substance do not always fall within the ambit of so-called pollution exclusions, just because the substance could be characterized as a “contaminant” or “pollutant.”     

The Economics of Power Transitions: Australia between China and the United States

This article examines Sino–Australian economic relations, and their impact on the ties between the United States and Australia. First, drawing on power transition theory, it is argued that in a post-Cold War environment, economic ties play as great a role as strategic relations in determining the orientation of third-party states. Second, it is also argued that Australia's deeper economic and commercial ties with China have usurped a role previously held by the United States. This has forced Australia to pursue a bifurcated foreign policy—one split between its economic and national security needs. Third, these deeper ties with China have generated a degree of alliance drift between Australia and the United States. As a result, there is now a significant debate in Australia over the future of both bilateral relations—even as its space for policy innovation remains limited.