Preface: Camera obscura, or the unbearable lopsidedness of being -- Ch. 1. Transcendental capitalism and the roots of paranoid nationalism -- Ch. 2. On worrying: the lost art of the well-administered national cuddle -- Ch. 3. Border dis/order: the imaginary of paranoid nationalism -- Ch. 4. A brief history of White colonial paranoia -- Ch. 5. The rise of Australian fundamentalism: reflections on the rule of Ayatollah Johnny -- Ch. 6. Polluting memories: migration and colonial responsibility in Australia -- Ch. 7. The class aesthetics of global multiculturalism -- Ch. 8. Exighophobia/homoiophobia: 'Comes a time we are all enthusiasm' -- Ch. 9. A concluding fable: the gift of care, or the ethics of pedestrian crossings
Summary
This book addresses very topical issues being raised in the public agenda and the media - relating directly to our government and its obsession with security and border control and the more global effect of capitalism and the social consequences of this trend. Ghassan Hage is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney
Analysis
Nationalism
Multiculturalism
Xenophobia
Neoliberalism
Cultural values
Social values
Political participation
Migration - Illegal (Australia ) Cultural, ethnic & media studies Political economy
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-169) and index
