Reclaiming Patriotism: Nation-Building for Australian Progressives

by Tim Soutphommasane

• ISBN13: 9780521134729
• ISBN10: 0521134722
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The dog whistle excuse	p. 14
Liberal patriotism and an Australian tradition	p. 35
Citizenship and multiculturalism	p. 62
Australian progressives and nation-building	p. 89
Republican renewal	p. 116
Reclaiming patriotism	p. 136
Notes	p. 139
Index	p. 149
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