The Empire of Political Thought - Indigenous Australians and the Language of Colonial Government

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Buchan Klappentext A book about how European colonists in Australia represented the Indigenous peoples they found there, and the tasks of governing them within the terms of Western political thought. It emphasises how the framework of ideas drawn from the traditions of Western political thought was employed in the imperial government of Indigenous peoples. Zusammenfassung A book about how European colonists in Australia represented the Indigenous peoples they found there! and the tasks of governing them within the terms of Western political thought. It emphasises how the framework of ideas drawn from the traditions of Western political thought was employed in the imperial government of Indigenous peoples. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Savagery, Civilization and Political Thought; Chapter 2 ‘Trafficking’ for Empire: Commerce, Consent and Colonization; Chapter 3 Difficult Subjects; Chapter 4 The Subject of War; Chapter 5 Fit for Society; Chapter 6 Liberalism, Self-Government and the Ethnography of ‘Primitive Society’; Chapter 7 Conclusion: After the Tide of History, Reconciliation?;

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bruce Buchan, Buchan Bruce
• Verlag: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9781851969258
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-925-8
• Seiten: 262
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Empires in Perspective
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Europe, Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism and imperialism, Central / national / federal government, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Central government, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to First Nations peoples in Australia