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This episode sees Simon sitting down with Dr Stephen Chavura to discuss his new book (co-authored with Gregory Melleuish) on Sir Robert Menzies. The book, published with Melbourne University Press, is The Forgotten Menzies: The World Picture of Australia's Longest-serving Prime Minister. The episode ranges over scholarship and tropes on Menzies, Menzies' 'cultural puritanism' and philosophical idealism, his mixed legacy, and the influence of Christianity on his political ideals.
By Simon KennedyThis episode sees Simon sitting down with Dr Stephen Chavura to discuss his new book (co-authored with Gregory Melleuish) on Sir Robert Menzies. The book, published with Melbourne University Press, is The Forgotten Menzies: The World Picture of Australia's Longest-serving Prime Minister. The episode ranges over scholarship and tropes on Menzies, Menzies' 'cultural puritanism' and philosophical idealism, his mixed legacy, and the influence of Christianity on his political ideals.