On Patriotism by Paul Daley - ISBN: 9780733644122
Paperback
Reimagine patriotism: Beyond Anzac, settlement, and flag-waving, find true love of country.

On Patriotism

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  • Paperback

    132 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2020

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Summary

How has militarisation come to define Australian valour? Why has the long shadow of World War I dominated our sense of patriotism?

ON PATRIOTISM explores what it really means to love and serve your country. Paul Daley contemplates ways to escape the cultural binds that tie us to Anzac, British settlement and flag-waving.

‘Straight from the heart and deeply informed. With Indigenous culture at its centre, Paul Daley has given us a patriotism for the twenty-first centur…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780733644122
ISBN-10:0733644120
Author:Paul Daley
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Imprint:Hachette Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:132
Release Date:1 March 2020
Weight:90g
Dimensions:112mm x 150mm x 18mm
Series:On Series
About The Author

Paul Daley

Paul Daley is an author, journalist, essayist and short story writer. His books have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s History Prize and ACT Book of the Year. He has won two Walkley Awards and the National Press Club Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism. His essays have appeared in Meanjin and Griffith Review and he writes ‘Postcolonial’, a column for The Guardian about Australian national identity, history and Indigenous culture.

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