Bruce Pascoe 'The European Mind' Book Launch

Join Bruce Pascoe as he unravels the ideas that shaped our world—and asks what we might recover, reimagine and grow differently for the future.

The European Mind is a global examination of Western power informed by a First Nations perspective; Christianity, Capitalism, Colonialism and how our colonial history directly impacts where we are now. The European Mind contends that European imperialism was not only driven by economic and exploratory factors but motivated by a self-perpetuating belief based on moral superiority, racial hierarchy, spiritual entitlement and an insatiable greed paraded as economics. Pascoe traces how these ideas became a ‘truth’ through which religion, history, myth and storytelling changed the lives of countless peoples, countries and continents through violence, dispossession and environmental exploitation.

For this special Adelaide book launch, join Bruce in conversation as he explores the ideas behind The European Mind, the histories we inherit, and how deeper attention to Country and First Nations knowledge might help us rethink the future.

This event is programmed and managed by the Nature Festival.