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Reclaiming patriotism : nation-building for Australian progressives /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York : [Clayton, Vic.] :
Cambridge University Press ; Monash University, National Centre for Australian Studies,
2009.
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| Colección: | Australian encounters.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 153 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511690877 0511690878 9780521134729 0521134722 9780511691607 0511691602 |