Download or read book Intellectual Movements and Australian Society written by Brian Head and published by Melbourne : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fifteen essays presents a comprehensive discussion of the main aspects of Australian intellectual life and social and political inquiry in this century. The contributors focus on such areas as the place of the intellectual in contemporary Australian life and society; the historical role of the intellectual; the significance of particular groups, including feminists, Catholics, conservatives, and liberals; and intellectual traditions in such disciplines as science and literature.