Overview
- Presents a philosophical history of Tasmania
- Focuses on the links between genocide and modernity
- Suggests Tasmanians need to recognise the colonial genocide to embrace the future
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide (PSHG)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents a philosophical history of Tasmania’s past and present with a particular focus on the double stories of genocide and modernity. On the one hand, proponents of modernisation have sought to close the past off from the present, concealing the demographic disaster behind less demanding historical narratives and politicised preoccupations such as convictism and environmentalism. The second story, meanwhile, is told by anyone, aboriginal or European, who has gone to the archive and found the genocidal horrors hidden there. This volume blends both stories. It describes the dual logics of genocide and modernity in Tasmania and suggests that Tasmanians will not become more realistic about the future until they can admit a full recognition of the colonial genocide that destroyed an entire civilisation, not much more than 200 years ago.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jesse Shipway has published writing includes poetry, academic articles and essays on a range of topics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Memory of Genocide in Tasmania, 1803-2013
Book Subtitle: Scars on the Archive
Authors: Jesse Shipway
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48443-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48442-0Published: 14 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69479-2Published: 21 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48443-7Published: 02 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-569X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5703
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 203
Topics: Australasian History, Memory Studies, Imperialism and Colonialism