Problems stemming from colonisation was thrusting the liberal ideals onto the colonised. Many people in the enlightenment periods in Europe thought that they had unearthed the world's secret and spread liberalism throughout the world. This concept of shared values, or to put it bluntly, nationalism, believes people have shared values. So it was pitting white Europeans against the significant ''other''. It was brutal systemic colonisation of Africa, America and the rest of the world, and what the colonisers left behind was boundaries, many that don't match up with the colonised. They may not be a nation, but merely a collection of a tribal, linguistic or ethnic group. They weren't obedient nations. Liberalism manifests itself into freedom, and the ultimate freedom is to discriminate against others. To pit yourself higher than others. Racism.
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Richard Flanagan - Toxic / Christos Tsiolkas - Damascus
Massive figures in Australian literature.
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I am just into the first few chapters of this book and it's already evident how detailed Magnusson's understanding of Scottish h...
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One of the very great myths of Culloden and the Scottish plight was the fact they were outgunned. This is not the case, as they had mor...
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What is clearly evident and comprehensible in Flanagan's work is this ability to capture real larrikin Australian-isms and the over...
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