Imagining the Antipodes by Peter Beilharz
Bernard Smith is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading intellectuals. Yet the recognition of his work has been partial, focused on art history and anthropology. Peter Beilharz argues that Smith's work also contains a social theory, or a way of thinking about Australian culture and identity in the world system. Smith enables us to think matters of place and cultural imperialism through the image of being not Australian so much as antipodean. Australian identities are constructed by the relationship between core and periphery, making them both European and Other at the same time. This 1997 work is a book-length analysis of Bernard Smith's work and is the result of careful and systematic research into Smith's published works and his private papers. It is both an introduction to Smith's thinking and an important interpretive argument about imperialism and the antipodes.
'In writing Imagining the Antipodes, Peter Beilharz has had access to both Smith's unpublished papers and to the man himselfIt is the first study of Smith's achievement and as such is certainly worthwhile.' The Times Literary Supplement
Peter Beilharz teaches in social theory, cultural sociology and historical sociology at La Trobe University. Most of his research is also in these areas including work on socialism and modernity, the idea of antipodean modernity, and ongoing work on Zygmunt Bauman. Peter is a founding editor of the
journal Thesis Eleven and Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe. Trevor Hogan works in social theory and urban studies and in both fields promotes research about our region visa via the Asia-Pacific, especially through collaborative and exchange projects in the Philippines and India. In his work for the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology, he is
developing international collaboration with five international centers for social theory and cultural sociology, including two from Asia.
journal Thesis Eleven and Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe. Trevor Hogan works in social theory and urban studies and in both fields promotes research about our region visa via the Asia-Pacific, especially through collaborative and exchange projects in the Philippines and India. In his work for the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology, he is
developing international collaboration with five international centers for social theory and cultural sociology, including two from Asia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521583558 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521583551 |
| Title | Imagining the Antipodes |
| Author | Peter Beilharz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1997-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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