Bruce Pascoe’s new book dares us to decolonise our minds – but moralising trumps nuance

By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Bruce Pascoe is a theorist of human civilisation, drawing on history and ecology to point the way for the human species to survive. The University of Melbourne has recognised his work by appointing him an honorary (enterprise professor) in its School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences. He also farms.

Review: The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity and how to recover – Bruce Pascoe (Magabala Books)

In his new book, The European Mind, Pascoe argues…

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