Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford is Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle. His latest book is How We Became Post-Liberal: The Rise and Fall of Toleration (Bloomsbury 2024).

3 Posts

A woman looks sad as she sits on the ground against the wall and hugs her body.

Violence Against Women: A Crisis in Australia?

Australia is among the least violent countries in the world. There are things we should do to make women safer, but we should not succumb to a crisis narrative.

Russell Blackford

31 Jul 2024 · 12 min read

A young blonde woman with a COVID mask and worried eyes attends a BLM protester.

The Rise of a Mega-Movement

We have lost the words that we could once call upon to justify diversity of thoughts, desires, viewpoints, and policy preferences, as opposed to a diversity of demographic groups.

Russell Blackford

21 May 2024 · 8 min read

Under current social conditions, even the most layered and qualified opinions can be distorted, misrepresented, over-simplified, exaggerated, and generally treated as those of enemies whose voices must be shut down.

Russell Blackford

5 Nov 2018 · 5 min read

Russell Blackford

Violence Against Women: A Crisis in Australia?

The Rise of a Mega-Movement

Reasons to Be Fearful