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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465483903321

Autore

Offord Baden <1958->

Titolo

Inside Australian culture : legacies of enlightenment values / / Baden Offord [and three others] ; foreword by Ashis Nandy ; afterword by Vinay Lal [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-78308-239-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 147 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Australian Humanities Research Series

Disciplina

994

Soggetti

Social values - Australia

Cultural pluralism - Australia

National characteristics, Australian

Australia Civilization

Australia Civilization English influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Sommario/riassunto

'Inside Australian Culture: Legacies of Enlightenment Values' offers a critical intervention in the continuing effects of colonization in Australia and the structures it brought, which still inform and dominate its public culture. Through a careful analysis of three disparate but significant moments in Australian history, the authors investigate the way the British Enlightenment continues to dominate contemporary Australian thinking and values. Employing the lens of Indian cultural theorist Ashis Nandy, the authors argue for an Australian public culture that is profoundly conscious of its assumptions, history and limitations.