عنوان

Towards an Ecology of Australia:

Number

LA129754

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Towards an Ecology of Australia:

General Material Designation

[Article]

Other Title Information

Land of the Spirit

First Statement of Responsibility

Veronica Brady

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Ecology has to do with the realisation of the relationships between human beings and the larger fabric of life. But the strangeness of the Australian environment as seen by the first European settlers, together with the exploitative ideology of colonisation, have posed particular problems for the development of ecological awareness. This paper argues, however, that writers, painters and musicians have kept the possibility of developing ecological awareness open from the beginnings of settlement. It also maintains that increasing sensitivity to the significance of Aboriginal culture, the oldest living culture on earth, will be perhaps the most crucial factor in this transformation. Ecology has to do with the realisation of the relationships between human beings and the larger fabric of life. But the strangeness of the Australian environment as seen by the first European settlers, together with the exploitative ideology of colonisation, have posed particular problems for the development of ecological awareness. This paper argues, however, that writers, painters and musicians have kept the possibility of developing ecological awareness open from the beginnings of settlement. It also maintains that increasing sensitivity to the significance of Aboriginal culture, the oldest living culture on earth, will be perhaps the most crucial factor in this transformation.

Date of Publication

1999

Physical description

139-155

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

3/2

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Veronica Brady

Call Number

10.1163/156853599X00117

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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