Joseph Camilleri
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Joseph Camilleri is an Australian citizen of Maltese descent. He is a social scientist
, and (at least in Malta
) a minor philosopher. In philosophy he mostly specialised and interested in international relations
.
. His family moved to Australia
when he was still very young. He studied at Melbourne University, Australia
, from where he acquired his Bachelor of Arts
, at Monash University
, also in Melbourne
, from where he acquire his Masters’ degree, and at London University, England
, where he became Doctor of Philosophy
. Between 1967 and 1968 Camilleri was Teaching Fellow at Monash University
. Subsequently, he was Noel Buxton Fellow at the London School of Economics
(1969–72), and Senior Teaching Fellow in Politics
at Monash University
(1969–72). Then, at La Trobe University
in Victoria
, Australia
, he was Lecturer (1973–80), Senior Lecturer (1981–87), and Reader (1988–93), all in Politics
. As Professor of International Relations
), he currently holds Personal Chair in Politics
in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University
. He is also the Director of the Centre for Dialogue
, also at La Trobe
. He has taught over thirty different subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the following areas ranging from theories of world politics, conflict analysis and peace research to nuclear weapons in international relations, oil and the politics of the Middle East, and the foreign policies of the United States
, China
, Russia
, France
, Japan
, and Australia
. His many research projects include governance and the development of multilateral regional and global institutions. Since 1995 he has been a Member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security and Cooperation in Asia Pacific (AUS CSCAP). He is also Member of the Advisory Board of the Scholarly Journal Global Governance (since 1997), and a Member of the Advisory Council of the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research (since 1998).
Books
Chapters in Books
Articles
is unfortunately sporadic. This is one of the main reasons why he is considered to be a ‘minor’ philosopher. He is so at least in relation to the Maltese philosophical tradition, since regrettably his influence on the local philosophical scene is negligible. In part, this might be because his books have hitherto been unmarketed in Malta
.
Social Scientist
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, and (at least in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
) a minor philosopher. In philosophy he mostly specialised and interested in international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
.
Life
Camilleri was born in 1944 into a Maltese family residing in EgyptEgypt
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. His family moved to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
when he was still very young. He studied at Melbourne University, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, from where he acquired his Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
, at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
, also in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, from where he acquire his Masters’ degree, and at London University, England
England
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, where he became Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
. Between 1967 and 1968 Camilleri was Teaching Fellow at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
. Subsequently, he was Noel Buxton Fellow at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
(1969–72), and Senior Teaching Fellow in Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
(1969–72). Then, at La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
in Victoria
Victoria
- Given name :* Victoria , word origin and list of people* Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India * Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden * Victoria of Baden , the queen-consort of Sweden as wife of King Gustaf V...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, he was Lecturer (1973–80), Senior Lecturer (1981–87), and Reader (1988–93), all in Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
. As Professor of International Relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
), he currently holds Personal Chair in Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
. He is also the Director of the Centre for Dialogue
Centre for Dialogue
The Centre for Dialogue is an interdisciplinary research institution at La Trobe University. Professor Joseph Camilleri, a prominent academic figure in the study of International Relations, is the director of the Centre. The research centre specialises in the philosophy, method and practice of...
, also at La Trobe
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
. He has taught over thirty different subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the following areas ranging from theories of world politics, conflict analysis and peace research to nuclear weapons in international relations, oil and the politics of the Middle East, and the foreign policies of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. His many research projects include governance and the development of multilateral regional and global institutions. Since 1995 he has been a Member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security and Cooperation in Asia Pacific (AUS CSCAP). He is also Member of the Advisory Board of the Scholarly Journal Global Governance (since 1997), and a Member of the Advisory Council of the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research (since 1998).
Works
Camilleri has published profusely and widely. The following are some of his publications (the list is probably not complete):Books
- 1973 - Security and Survival: The New Era in International Relations.
- 1973 - In Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy.
- 1976 - Civilization in Crisis: Human Prospects in a Changing World.
- 1980 - Chinese Foreign Policy: The Maoist Era and its Aftermath.
- 1980 – Australian-American Relations: The Web of Dependence.
- 1984 - The State and Nuclear Power: Conflict and Control in the Western World.
- 1987 - The Australia-New Zealand-U.S. Alliance: Regional Security in the Nuclear Age.
- 1989 - New Economic Directions for Australia.
- 1992 - The End of Sovereignty? The Politics of a Shrinking and Fragmenting World.
- 1995 - The State in Transition: Reimagining Political Space (co-editor).
- 1998 - Globalization: The Perspectives and Experiences of the Religious Traditions of Asia Pacific (co-editor)
- 2000 - Reimagining the Future: Towards Democratic Governance.
- 2000 - States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia Pacific, The Political Economy of Asia Pacific, Volume 1.
- 2001 - Religion and Culture in Asia Pacific: Violence or Healing? (editor).
- 2002 - Democratizing Global Governance (co-editor).
- 2003 - Regionalism in the New Asia-Pacific Order: the Political Economy of Asia Pacific, Volume 2.
- 2007 - Asia-Pacific Geopolitics: Hegemony vs. Human Security (co-editor).
Chapters in Books
- 1993 - Alliances and Emerging Post-Cold War Security System, in Charting the Post-Cold War Order, ed. by Richard Leaver and James L. Richardson.
- 1995 - Asia-Pacific Multilateralism: Australian Perspectives and Priorities, in Towards an Era of Cooperation, ed. by Dipankar Banerjee.
- 1995 - Mantenimiento de la paz, pacificacion de crisis despues de la Guerra Fria, in La Naciones Unidas a los cincuenta anos, ed. by Modesto Seara Vazquez.
- 1995 - The Cold War . . . and After: A New Period of Upheaval in World Politics, in Why the Cold War Ended, ed. by Ralph Summy and Michael Salla.
- 1995 - The Asia-Pacific in the Post Hegemonic World, in Pacific Co-operation: Building Economic and Security Reigmes in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Andrew Mack and John Ravenhill, Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1995, pp. 180-207.
- 1995 - State, Economy and Civil Society, in The State in Transition: Reimagining Political Space, ed. by A. P. Jarvis, and A. P. Paolini.
- 1996 - Impoverishment and the Nation State, in Earthly Goods: Environmental Change and Social Justice, ed. by Fen Osler Hampson and Judith Reppy.
- 1997 - ASEAN's Unique Contribution to Regional Security, in The ASEAN: Thirty Years and Beyond, ed. by Maria Lourdes Aranal-Sereno and Joseph Sedfrey Santiago.
- 1997 - The Pacific House: The Emerging Architecture for Comprehensive Security, in No Better Alternative: Towards Comprehensive and Cooperative Security in the Asia-Pacific, ed. by David Dickens.
- 1998 - Globalisation and the New Internationalism, in Globalization: The Perspectives and Experiences of the Religious Traditions of Asia Pacific, ed. by Joseph A. Camilleri and Chandra Muzaffar.
- 1998 - The UN's Place in the Era of Globalization: A Four Dimensional Perspective, in Between Sovereignty and Global Governance: The State, Civil Society, and the United Nations, ed. by A.J. Paolini, A.P. Jarvis and C. Reus-Smit.
- 1999 - The Multilateral Dimensions of Australia's Security Policy, in Maintaining the Strategic Edge: The Defence of Australia, ed. by Des Ball.
- 1999 - Regionalism and Globalism in Asia Pacific: The Interplay of Economy, Security and Politics, in Asian Peace: Security and Governance in the Asia-Pacific, ed. by Majid Tehranian.
- 2000 - The Security Dilemma Revisited: Implications for Asia Pacific, in Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security, ed. by W. Tow, R.Thakur and In-Taek Hyan.
- 2003 - Globalization of Insecurity: The Democratic Imperative, in The Future of Peace in the Twenty-First Century, ed. by Nicholas N. Kittrie, Rodrigo Carazo and James R. Mancham.
- 2002 - Peace Operations: the Road Ahead, in Democratizing Global Governance, ed. by Joseph Camilleri and Eşref Aksu.
- 2002 - Rethinking the Structures of Global Governance', in Democratizing Global Governance, ed. by Joseph Camilleri and Eşref Aksu.
- 2002 - The Politics of Reform', in Democratizing Global Governance, ed. by Joseph Camilleri and Eşref Aksu.
- 2004 - WTO: The Competitive Dynamic of Globalization at Work (with George Myconos), in Balancing Act: Law, Policy and Politics in Globalization and Global Trade, ed. by Jianfu Chen and Gordon Walker.
- 2007 - Between Alliance and Regional Engagement: Current realities and future possibilities, in Asia-Pacific Geopolitics: Hegemony vs. Human Security, ed. by Joseph Camilleri, L. Marshall, M.S. Michael and M.T. Seigel.
- 2008 - Sovereignty Discourse and Practice - Past and Future, in Re-envisioning Sovereignty the End of Westphalia?, ed. by Trudy Jacobsen, Charles Sampford and Ramesh Thakur.
- 2008 - The Competition for Power and Legitimacy in an Age of Transition, in Challenges to Global Security, ed. by Hussein Solomon.
- 2008 - The ‘War on Terror’: Reassessing its Rationale and Efficacy, in The ‘Global War on Terror’ and the Question of World Order, ed. by Hans Kochler.
Articles
- 1976 - Dependence and the Poltics of disorder, Arena.
- 1977- The Myth of the Peaceful Atom, Millenium: Journal of International Studies.
- 1981- The Advanced Capitalist State and the Contemporary World Crisis, Science and Society.
- 1986 - After Social Democracy, Arena.
- 1988 - Les strategies armees de la paix Vivant Univers.
- 1991 - Problems in Australian Foreign Policy: January - June 1991, Australian Journal of Politics and History.
- 1991 - Problems in Australian Foreign Policy: July - December 1990, Australian Journal of Politics and History.
- 1994 - Security: Old Dilemmas and New Challenges in the Post-Cold War Environment, GeoJournal.
- 1994 - Human Rights, Cultural Diversity and Conflict Resolution: the Asia-Pacific Context, Pacifica Review.
- 1998 - Regional Human Rights Dialogue in Asia Pacific; Prospects and Proposals, Pacifica Review: Peace Security and Global Change.
- 2001 - Globalization of Insecurity: The Democratic Imperative, International Journal on World Peace.
- 2002 - Terrorism, the 'War on Terror' and the Globalisation of Insecurity, Arena Journal.
- 2003 - A Leap into the Past - in the Name of the National Interest, Australian Journal of International Affairs.
Appreciation
Though of Maltese descent, Camilleri’s contact with MaltaMalta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
is unfortunately sporadic. This is one of the main reasons why he is considered to be a ‘minor’ philosopher. He is so at least in relation to the Maltese philosophical tradition, since regrettably his influence on the local philosophical scene is negligible. In part, this might be because his books have hitherto been unmarketed in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
.
See also
Philosophy in MaltaPhilosophy in Malta
Philosophy in Malta refers to philosophy done by Maltese nationals or of Maltese descent, whether living in Malta or abroad, whether writing in their native Maltese language or in a foreign language.-Short history:...