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Peter McMahon: global society.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-04 		Format: Online - approximately 884 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Peter McMahon: global society.(cultural politics)

Article Excerpt
Recently, I've had to do a lot of travel between America, Europe, and Australia. Every time I enter a new country, I'm made aware of the anxieties of quarantine efficiency. With foot and mouth still prevalent in Britain--despite the propaganda from the Blair Government--and present also in Europe, there is a stronger than usual vigilance at American and Australian airports. It's the same atmosphere as when the early outbreaks of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease were discovered.

Quarantine isn't just about keeping diseases out, protecting a specific geography from physical contamination, but also about the preservation of 'home' values. It is about a mental and spiritual 'purity'. For Australia, it's another form of the 'White Australia Policy', and extends from microbes to people and ideas. Information might be available via the net, media, or...

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