| Description |
viii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Section One: Time. 1. 'Once I knew how the world worked' -- 2. When, or where, did modern Australian culture begin? -- 3. Why I am not a historian -- 4. The return to place -- 5. History's poison blanket -- 6. Performing life -- 7. Morning coffee with Clarrie -- 8. Devastation. Section Two: Country. 1. How do you get to Alice Springs? -- 2. '...a burly Salt Water woman of about my own age' -- 3. Towards the Centre -- 4. 'OK if we camp here again?' -- 5. Landscape and country -- 6. Back to Rottnest -- 7. A character called '62 Pontiac Parisienne' -- 8. A space for ethics. Section Three: Technology. 1. 'He thinks, he desires' -- 2. Indigenous capitalism -- 3. Travelling the subterranean river of blood -- 4. Life, abundant life -- 5. Boxer deconstructionist -- 6. Indigenous modernities -- 7. The religion of technology -- 8. 'I don't think they invented the wheel': New Right assimilationism. Section Four: Philosophy. 1. Philosophy of the Other continent -- 2. Philosophical magic -- 3. Nomads -- 4. Secret English -- 5. Language as singular or general -- 6. Feelings of power -- 7. The Other continent -- 8. Philosophy from afar |
| Summary |
There is a quarrel about whose antiquity is at the foundation of Australian culture, and why contemporary forms of Aboriginality are marginal to Australia's modernity. These are the starting points for the essays contained in Stephen Muecke's original and challenging book |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians - Philosophy |
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Aboriginal Australians - Culture |
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Indigenous peoples - Philosophy |
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Cultural studies (Australia) |
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Indigenous peoples |
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Philosophy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-193) and index |
| Subject |
Culture -- Philosophy.
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Aboriginal Australian literature.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Indigenous peoples -- Australia.
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Ethnology -- Philosophy.
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Culture.
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Ethnophilosophy.
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Philosophy, Aboriginal Australian.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Philosophy.
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Time -- Social aspects.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002863
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| LC no. |
2005434778 |
| ISBN |
0868407860 : |
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