
Images of an Australian Enlightenment
The Story of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie's Treatment of the Convicts as a History Tale for Today
By: Austin Lovegrove
Hardcover | 22 October 2020
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In the second part, the idea of enlightenment is introduced, its definition based on Churchills understanding of what it means for a society to be civilized. In this light, the punitive thinking of the Macquaries opponents both in Britain and the Colony represent darkness. In contrast, the Macquaries work is seen as an enlightenment, one having the potential to inform, indeed challenge, the darkness of the current punitive climate of public opinion so characteristic of much of the Western world today. Following this, comes an overview of a proposal for a very different approach to the treatment of crime and criminals.
There are barriers to this - ones identified by studying what a number of the enlightened minds in Britain at the time of the Macquaries were saying. Yet, there are today pockets of enlightenment to be discerned. Accordingly, though the Macquarie governorship ended in personal tragedy for the two of them, there is the opportunity for a second Age of the Macquaries, one not just confined to a remote, tiny corner of this world.
About the Author
Austin Lovegrove is currently Honorary Principal Fellow in the Law School at the University of Melbourne. Austin completed a M.A. and Ph.D. in Behavioural Sciences and went on to become a Reader in Criminology, also at the University of Melbourne. Each project involved the empirical study of different aspects of the behaviour of offenders. He served on the Victorian Committee of Inquiry into Sentencing; principally a judicial committee and chaired by the late Sir John Starke, it reported to the Government in 1988.
As an academic, Austin has presented many papers at overseas and local conferences. More recently, he lectured on sentencing, decision making and guidelines at an annual conference of Australian Federal and Supreme Court Judges. Lovegrove is a Fellow of Goodenough College in London, a residential college for postgraduate students principally from the Commonwealth. The author has written two previous books; both are research monographs, aimed at academic audiences.
ISBN: 9781912690046
ISBN-10: 1912690047
Published: 22nd October 2020
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 208
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 24.7 x 2.6
Weight (kg): 1.2
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