“…Geoff Stokes (1994) and James Walter (1988) have produced forceful critiques of this tradition, rallying a good deal of intellectual history and analytical sophistication to debunk its depiction of a 'politics without ideas'. They indicate fundamental problems with the tradition's assumptions focusing on the inadequacy of its conceptual categories and the way these obscure the vital part played by popularisers and bearers of ideas in Australian political culture.…”
“…Geoff Stokes (1994) and James Walter (1988) have produced forceful critiques of this tradition, rallying a good deal of intellectual history and analytical sophistication to debunk its depiction of a 'politics without ideas'. They indicate fundamental problems with the tradition's assumptions focusing on the inadequacy of its conceptual categories and the way these obscure the vital part played by popularisers and bearers of ideas in Australian political culture.…”
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