ISBN:
9781922235565
,
1922235563
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Philosophy
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Beilharz, Peter Thinking the Antipodes : Australian Essays
DDC:
306.0994
Keywords:
Social sciences Philosophy
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Culture
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Social sciences Philosophy
;
Australia -- Civilization
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Australian essays
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Literature
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Civilization
;
Culture
;
Social sciences ; Philosophy
;
Australia Civilization
;
Australia
;
Australia Civilization
;
Australia
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In 1956, Bernard Smith wrote that the people of Australia were migratory birds. This was to become a leading motif of his own thinking, and a significant inspiration for author Peter Beilharz. Beilharz came to argue that the idea of the antipodes made sense less in its geographical form than in its cultural form, viewed as a relation rather than a place. Australians had one foot here and one foot there, whichever 'there' this was. This way of thinking with and after Bernard Smith makes up one current of Beilharz's best Australian essays. Two other streams contribute to this collection of Beilh
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 24, 2015
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