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Given Australia's status as an (unfinished) colonial project of
the British Empire, the basic institutions that were installed in
its so-called 'empty' landscape derive from a value-laden framework
borne out of industrialization, colonialism, the consolidation of
the national statist system and democracy - all entities imbued
with British Enlightenment principles and thinking. Modernity in
Australia has thus been constituted by the importation, assumption
and triumph of the Western mind - materially, psychologically,
culturally, socio-legally and cartographically. 'Inside Australian
Culture: Legacies of Enlightenment Values' offers a critical
intervention into 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.
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