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Ancient and Modern: Time, Culture and Indigenous Philosophy
Stephen Muecke
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Paperback. 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 book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge, but treated by whites rather as culture or history? 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.
How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge, but treated by whites rather as culture or history? 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9780868407869
SKU
V9780868407869
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99-50
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