Table of Contents

Foreword by Ashis Nandy; Preface; Part One: Getting Inside Australian Public Culture; Chapter One: The Enlightenment and Tradition in Early Colonial Society; Chapter Two: Australian Values and Their Public Culture(s); Part Two: Three Moments of the Enlightenment; Chapter Three: Moment One - An Act to Regulate Chinese Immigration, 1858; Chapter Four: Moment Two - Cubillo v. the Commonwealth, 2000; Chapter Five: Moment Three - Australian Localism and the Cronulla Riot, 2005; Part Three: Working with the Necessary Other; Chapter Six: The Closing of Public Culture to Communal Difference; Afterword by Vinay Lal

Promotional Information

A critical intervention into the effects of colonialism in Australia through the lens of Indian cultural theorist Ashis Nandy.

About the Author

Baden Offord is a professor of cultural studies and human rights. Erika Kerruish teaches cultural studies and philosophy. Rob Garbutt is a lecturer in cultural studies and written communication. Adele Wessell is a senior lecturer in history. Kirsten Pavlovic is a researcher in law and justice. All the authors are at Southern Cross University, Australia.

Reviews

'This book is a bold statement on issues of deep importance in Australian life: our cultural history, our racial politics, and the shape of our public culture. The authors have produced a highly readable and also disturbing book, most relevant to our disturbing times.' -Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney 'Inside Australian Culture digs into Australia's past to provide an open scrutiny of the values that shape a culture and a nation. I commend this book for encouraging lively debates on how to foster an inclusive, equal Australia.' -Elisabeth Porter, University of South Australia 'Through powerful analysis, the five voices in this book propose a new normative rationale to counteract the modern fundamentalisation of Enlightenment underpinning Australian public culture.' -Susan Ballyn, University of Barcelona