Fr. 236.00

Enlightenment, Philanthropy Idea of Social Progress in Early - Creating a Happier Race?

English · Hardback

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List of contents

Introduction 1. A Shortcut to Civilisation: The Idea of Social Progress and the Founders of Australia 2. The Purveyors of Modernity: Early "Civilising" Attempts 3. Lachlan Macquarie: The Enlightened Autocrat, the Laird of New South Wales 4. The Handmaid of Religion?:"Civilisation – Christianisation" Debate and the Progress of the Protestant Missions 5. The Folly of the Enlightened Mind: The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, the Rise of the Scheme 6. The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate: The Climax and the Unraveling. Conclusion

About the author

Ilya Lazarev holds a PhD in History from the University of Melbourne, and an MA in International Relations from Ritsumeikan University, where he researched Russo-Japanese economic cooperation.

Summary

The Enlightenment begot a panoply of ideas, of which the notion of social progress is one of the most salient. It informed not only the way Europeans saw themselves, but also how they viewed indigenous people of their empires. This book describes how this theory influenced the civilising mission in early Australia.

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