The Politics of Suffering. Peter Sutton with Marcia Langton

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"There are simplistic, bourgeois ideas about what causes rage in such (remote) communities - simplistic, naive, self-serving, urban, bourgeois view(s).. The jig is up."

To coincide with the launch of his new book, The Politics of Suffering, author and anthropologist Peter Sutton talks to Marcia Langton about the decline of basic standards of health and education in remote indigenous communities, and what needs to be done to address it. Both Sutton and Langton are renowned as fearless and authoritative voices on indigenous political issues, and this conversation reflects their latest thinking on the failure of idealist liberal politics to deliver positive results for remote indigenous communities.

Readings Carlton, July 2009

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Melbourne University Publishing

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