First Knowledges: Politics is the tenth and final volume in Thames & Hudson Australia's landmark series, turning to political philosophy as seen through Indigenous knowledge — examining governance, order, and country as inseparable concepts with direct bearing on contemporary Australian life.
About This Book
Where most political philosophy begins with the state, this volume begins with country. As part of the First Knowledges series — which brings two very different epistemological traditions into sustained, collaborative dialogue — Politics asks what governance looks like when it is grounded in an ancient, ongoing relationship with land rather than in colonial institutions. Written by Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, it extends the series' method of pairing Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors to produce scholarship that is neither purely academic nor purely cultural, but actively bridging. For readers engaged with architecture, planning, and the built environment, the questions raised here about sovereignty, land, and political order are anything but abstract.
Key Features
- 240 pages of political philosophy drawing on Indigenous knowledge systems and their application to contemporary governance
- Authors: Mary Graham & Morgan Brigg
- Tenth book in the First Knowledges series, which spans songlines, design, land management, plants, astronomy, law, innovation, and health
- Published by Thames & Hudson Australia
What You'll Discover
- How Indigenous political philosophy positions country — not the state — as the foundational unit of governance and order
- The way the First Knowledges series' collaborative authorship model shapes the political arguments advanced in this volume
- Connections between Indigenous knowledge practices — songlines, law, land management — and their political dimensions
- Why an ancient and ongoing knowledge system has urgent, practical relevance to contemporary debates about sovereignty, planning, and place
About the Author
Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg are the co-authors of this volume. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 196 x 131 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781760764272
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, urban planners, and designers engaged with questions of country and sovereignty; academics in Indigenous studies, political theory, or environmental humanities; readers completing the First Knowledges series.