From Fear to Hope: Alternative Australian Narratives on War and Peacemaking - Softcover

Leach, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925231755 ISBN 13: 9781925231755

Publisher: Digital Publishing Centre, 2018

Synopsis

This book scrutinises ‘peace’ and ‘war' through Australian lenses. It uncovers a deeper understanding of these terms and reflects a desire to bring to light alternative Australian ideas of war and peacemaking. Certain stories have eclipsed others that add importantly to Australia’s history. This Quaker initiative considers a plurality of voices and the ‘truths’ they purport. It unpacks the act of ‘memorialising' to discover the marked impact we make in our efforts to hold on to meaning and to our past. What have been the effects of our responses to the maxim ’Lest we forget’?

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About the Author

Pamela Leach was born and raised in Canada. She has lived in the United States, Europe and Africa. She earned a doctorate from York University in Toronto in the area of Political Studies before enjoying a career in academe. She had previously been a Visiting Scholar at Australian National University, and moved to Australia in 2010. Pamela has been active in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) since 1981. She cherishes her adult son and large Australian step-family. Pamela lives with her partner in Hobart, Tasmania. She is an emerging poet and keen chook keeper.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digital Publishing Centre
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1925231755
• ISBN 13: 9781925231755
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150