Nick Haslam – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:57:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 The culture of narcissism https://www.openforum.com.au/the-culture-of-narcissism/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:18:02 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46115 Almost half a century ago, the American historian Christopher Lasch excoriated a range of social trends which contemporary writers are rediscovering today.

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Doppelganger https://www.openforum.com.au/doppelganger/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:28:01 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=44565 In her latest book, “Doppelganger,” Naomi Klein investigates an online underworld of conspiracies and misinformation, showing how the rise of right wing paranoia has been fed by progressive disdain.

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The pathologization of normality? https://www.openforum.com.au/the-pathologization-of-normality/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:46:11 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=28933 Concerns that normality is being medicalised by the inflation of psychiatric diagnosis criteria appear overblown – but some conditions do need scrutiny.

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Mid-life crisis – Fact or fiction? https://www.openforum.com.au/mid-life-crisis-fact-or-fiction/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:09:35 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18890 Studies show the great majority of people believe in the reality of the so-called “midlife crisis” and almost half of adults over 50 claim to have had one. But is it actually real?

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