{"product_id":"the-retreat-from-tolerance-a-snapshot-of-australian-society-edited-by-philip-adams","title":"'The Retreat from Tolerance: A Snapshot of Australian Society' edited by Philip Adams","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"8304f977-bba7-42bd-b520-8f1267426576\" data-turn-id-container=\"8304f977-bba7-42bd-b520-8f1267426576\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-255\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-4\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-256\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"884b1fe3-ee86-4001-9dcc-3cbd161dcaa5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eA very late-90s Australian intellectual artefact all of its anxious, argumentative, transitional declarations, trying to map a country mid-shift.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eEdited by Philip Adams and published by ABC Books in 1997, the collection gathers writers like Marcia Langton, Catharine Lumby, David Marr, McKenzie Wark and Meaghan Morris to examine nationalism, pluralism, media panic, union decline, identity, conservatism, and the changing shape of Australian public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"1109\"\u003eDon't expect that every argument aged perfectly — many didn’t — but do expect to see how clearly you can see the emergence of tensions that still structure Australian discourse nearly thirty years later. Pauline Hanson appears as symptom rather than anomaly. Globalisation hovers in the background. Media fragmentation, resentment politics, multicultural anxiety, and the collision between liberalism and nationalism all sit there in partially formed language before social media flattened everything into slogan and outrage cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1350\"\u003eThere’s also something refreshing about the format itself: essays written by serious public intellectuals for a broad audience, assuming readers could tolerate ambiguity, disagreement, and long-form argument. A surprisingly rare thing now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1448\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1997 ABC Books paperback edition. 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