Monash University, National Centre for Australian Studies,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 153 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Australian encounters
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Affronted by the xenophobic nationalists who stalked the land during the Howard years, many progressive Australians have rejected a love of country, forgetting that there is a patriotism of the liberal left that at different times has advanced liberty, egalitarianism, and democratic citizenship. Tim Soutphommasane, a first-generation Australian and political philosopher who has journeyed from Sydney's western suburbs to Oxford University, re-imagines patriotism as a generous sentiment of democratic renewal and national belonging. In accessible prose, he explains why our political leaders will need to draw upon the better angels of patriotism if they hope to inspire citizens for nation-building, and indeed persuade them to make sacrifices in the hard times ahead. As we debate the twenty-first century challenges of reconciliation and a republic, citizenship and climate change, Reclaiming Patriotism proposes a narrative we have to have.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
Stock Number
263698
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Reclaiming patriotism.
International Standard Book Number
9780521134729
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National characteristics, Australian.
Patriotism-- Australia.
Manners and customs.
National characteristics, Australian.
Patriotism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Nationalism.