Richard Neville (1) (1941–2016)
Auteur van Playpower
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Richard Clive Neville was born in Sydney, Australia on December 15, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of New South Wales, where he edited the student newspaper. In 1963, he founded the satirical countercultural magazine Oz with Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp. Oz ceased toon meer publication in November 1973. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Playpower and Hippie Hippie Shake. He also collaborated with Julie Clarke, a television reporter, on The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj. Neville was a commentator on television programs in Australia in the 1980s and founded the Australian Futures Foundation in 1997. He died from complications of dementia on September 4, 2016 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- 1941-12-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2016-09-04
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- Australia
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- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- University of New South Wales
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- Neville, Jill (sister)
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- Australian Futures Foundation
OZ Magazine
Sydney Push libertarians
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I’ve come to see that these ‘hero’s journey’ stories, which occur in all cultures, are a fascinating tool. We are the hero of our own stories. Setting off in innocence down whatever road we randomly choose when we are too young to know what we are doing, we all meet helpers, and tricksters. We face dangers, find and lose friends and love, trip over cliffs, and usually in one way or another, survive adversity. Through our mistakes and our suffering, most of us slowly learn the lessons of kindness, forgiveness, acceptance, tolerance, gratitude, and of living in the present. As we mature through this process, if we are fortunate, we realize that life is a mixture of light and dark. It’s an adventure which ‘must be lived forwards but can only be understood backwards,’ as Kierkegaard said. But psychopaths are on a mission to exploit everyone and every situation for their own purposes. Their journey is a different one. They are not pebbles to be smoothed by the ebb and flow of life’s currents. They are igneous rock that stay for ever jagged and dangerous, with remorse and empathy unknown emotions. Their journey is one solely of exploitation. One of the lessons of this cautionary tale should be an awareness that such ‘inhuman humans’ do live amongst us. Many don’t end up in jail, but rather reach the highest level in the corporate and political spheres. By their very existence they can allow us to appreciate what it means to be a flawed, suffering, well-meaning human being. … (meer)