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The Memory of Genocide in Tasmania, 1803-2013: Scars on the Archive (Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide) - Softcover

Book 4 of 14: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide

Shipway, Jesse

 
9781349694792: The Memory of Genocide in Tasmania, 1803-2013: Scars on the Archive (Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1349694797 ISBN 13: 9781349694792
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Jesse Shipway has published writing includes poetry, academic articles and essays on a range of topics.

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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.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349694797
ISBN 13 
9781349694792
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
214