The spiritual quest is timeless and
ongoing. For David Tacey, the quest incorporates key issues such as
the redefining of our human identity, a new consciousness about Aboriginal
reconciliation, a recognition of youth culture and its spiritual directions,
our quest for environmental integrity, and our responsibility to community
and to each other. Ultimately, the quest is for a re-enchantment that
enables us to overcome our alienation, allowing us, at the beginning
of this new century, to build a more harmonious and integrated Australian
society.
Here, with great exuberance, is David Tacey's visionary scholarship
and devotion to purpose clearing away the cobwebs and slander
and overburden which have stifled and diminished the culture of
spirituality in Australia.
David's work is not just about spirituality; it is, in its function
and its lilt, profoundly spiritual vibrantly so in
that it cultivates and heartens and defends the deepest, most true
and lovely possibilities for this country. Michael Leunig
In this tough-minded book David Tacey defines a sense of self
and world which arises from a close analysis of Australian society
and of the imaginative resources we have to draw on to carry us
through into the new millennium. It offers both hope and a challenge,
an opportunity, he says, to lead the world. Veronica
Brady
It's a good book, Re-Enchantment, timely and fearless.
Les Murray
David Tacey is Associate Professor of English at La Trobe University,
Melbourne. He is the author of Edge of the Sacred.
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