"This idea that we are suffering from a crisis of mobility. There is nowhere to go. And so, increasingly identity becomes a space where we are creating boundaries protecting ourselves, but these identities become claustrophobic." - Prof Ghassan Hage
 Ghassan Hage
Ghassan Hage is the inaugural Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry. His research interests include globalisation, migration, nationalism,
racism and multiculturalism from a comparative perspective. In 2007, the Sydney Morning Herald listed Prof Hage in its top 25 public intellectuals in Australia.
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USEFUL LINKS
Publications
Books
Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging, G. Hage (ed), Melbourne University Publishing, 2002.
ISBN 0522849792
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Hage, G., White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society, Routledge, 2000.
ISBN 0415929237
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Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi
Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param
Melbourne University Up Close is brought to you by the Marketing and Communications Division in association with Asia Institute.
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi
Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param
Melbourne University Up Close is brought to you by the Marketing and Communications Division in association with Asia Institute.
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Up Close is a fortnightly audio talk show of research and analysis from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Up Close is created and produced by Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param.
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Thank you for your thoughtful questions of a great thinker
I used professor Hage's "Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society" in my senior thesis on Immigration and Entitativity.
This short discussion brought out so many interesting perspectives and ideas in an engaging way. Thanks for the continuity and the great questions. Dr. Hage's perceptions are fuel for thought, and I will be reading more.
I especially agree with the concept of negotiation between equals, as it presumes no modernist hierarchy of subgroups in a multicultural society. We in the U.S. have a long way to go with our political discourse on our Mexican-American compatriots. Yet at the same time, the idea of shared responsibility for outcomes may provide a politically viable alternative to the various forms of assimilation.
Thank you.
Bravo professor...
Your down-to-the-earth approach and simplicity and elegance of your reasoning left me speechless.
An admirer, The Netherlands