Gregory Melleuish

Cultural Liberalism in Australia

A Study in Intellectual and Cultural History

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Produktbeschreibung

This provocative book traces the impact of Cultural Liberalism on Australia's intellectual history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780521479691
• ISBN-10: 052147969X
• Artikelnr.: 26848801

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: culture, tradition and modernity
2. Traditions of modernity in Australia
3. Ethos and myth: the dynamics of Cultural Liberalism
4. Ethos and myth: the humanities strike back
5. Liberalism and its critics: the realists
6. Liberalism and its critics: the idealists
Epilogue and conclusion: Cultural Liberalism spurned?