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Ancient and Modern

Time, Culture and Indigenous Philosophy
By Stephen Muecke
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Ancient and Modern by Stephen Muecke explores the complex questions surrounding indigenous philosophy, challenging the marginalisation of Aboriginal knowledge in relation to Australian culture and modernity. Through a series of insightful essays, the book examines why Aboriginal wisdom has been sidelined as merely culture or history rather than recognised as philosophical thought.
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Ideal for readers interested in indigenous studies, philosophy, Australian culture, and those seeking to understand the intersections between history, knowledge, and modern identity.

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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.

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.

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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 Ancient and Modern, Stephen Muecke's original and challenging book.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780868407869

Publisher: UNSW Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2004

Country: Australia

Imprint: UNSW Press

Illustration: 4 illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 163.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 317g

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