Join me in conversation with Uncle Bruce Pascoe on his latest book The European Mind at Readings’s annual A Day in Carlton.
The European Mind is a global examination of Western power informed by a First Nations perspective. It contends that European imperialism was not only driven by economic and exploratory factors, but also motivated by a self-perpetuating belief in moral superiority, racial hierarchy, spiritual entitlement and an insatiable greed paraded as economics.
Framed by a First Nations philosophy, The European Mind challenges what we think we know about history and picks apart beliefs and truths that sit at the heart of our society. Pascoe proposes meaningful change through shifts in cultural and moral thought, the rebalancing of relationships, demolishing the myth of superiority and a rethinking of capitalism as the only system.
