{"product_id":"2026100009264-secondhand-the-australian-scapegoat-towards-an-antipodean-aesthetic-signed","title":"The Australian Scapegoat: Towards An Antipodean Aesthetic (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to forge a truly Australian aesthetic in the shadow of European tradition — and can the Antipodes ever escape the cultural assumptions imposed upon it from afar? In The Australian Scapegoat: Towards an Antipodean Aesthetic, Peter Fuller confronts this provocative question head-on, arguing that Australian art and culture have long been burdened by a colonial inheritance that simultaneously defines and diminishes them. Drawing on a rich command of art history, philosophy, and cultural theory, Fuller presents a sharp, intellectually rigorous critique of the conditions under which Australian artistic identity has struggled to emerge, mapping the tensions between landscape, nationalism, and the persistent gravitational pull of the Old World.\n\nFuller — celebrated British art critic and founding editor of Modern Painters — brings his characteristically combative and eloquent style to bear on the question of cultural self-determination in the Southern Hemisphere. His analysis illustrates how geography, psychology, and politics converge to shape a nation's creative consciousness, challenging both Australian artists and their audiences to reckon with what an authentically antipodean vision might truly demand. At once a work of cultural diagnosis and creative provocation, this volume leaves the reader asking whether Australia's artistic identity is still waiting to be fully born.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276130820315,"sku":"2026100009264-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c45b92f2-4ac6-4b5d-a16a-826f036b664b.png?v=1789092696","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009264-secondhand-the-australian-scapegoat-towards-an-antipodean-aesthetic-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}