Adam Wakeling

Adam is a Melbourne-based writer and historian. His books deal with Australian political, legal and military history.

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Anti-Enlightenment Thinking, Past and Present

The Enlightenment was as remarkable as it was unexpected, but it led directly to the benefits we enjoy today.

Adam Wakeling

15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns—A Review

“Cancel culture” remains a contested term, and the chapter devoted to this phenomenon will probably attract the most discussion and controversy.

Adam Wakeling

17 May 2021 · 6 min read

Wikipedia Turns Twenty

An expansive free encyclopedia is impossible without an army of volunteer writers.

Adam Wakeling

25 Jan 2021 · 8 min read

George Orwell and the Struggle against Inevitable Bias

Orwell’s most personally searing experience, though, had come in Barcelona in 1937.

Adam Wakeling

8 Aug 2020 · 11 min read

The Coming of Neo-Feudalism—A Review

Feudal societies were hierarchical, with clearly-defined roles and responsibilities for everyone. The knights fought for all, the priests prayed for all, and the peasants worked for all.

Adam Wakeling

11 Jun 2020 · 10 min read

Captain Cook and the Colonial Paradox

Cook is best understood as a quintessential figure of the European Enlightenment, with all the consequences flowing from that, positive and negative.

Adam Wakeling

25 May 2020 · 21 min read

Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization—A Review

Gregg finishes the book by concluding that the success of Western civilisation rests on the “four theses” of creation, freedom, justice, and faith.

Adam Wakeling

30 Apr 2020 · 13 min read

‘10% Less Democracy’—A Review

Books like 10% Less Democracy help us consider what republican solutions might look like today.

Adam Wakeling

2 Apr 2020 · 10 min read

'Against Democracy'—A Review

Against Democracy is an interesting and engaging read.

Adam Wakeling

22 Mar 2020 · 15 min read