On Privilege

by Julian Burnside

Overview

Renowned barrister, ethicist and human rights advocate Julian Burnside QC's grandparents lived in a world of handsome cars, elegant tennis parties and coiffed women. As a five-year-old, he saw privilege before he heard the word or learned its meaning. In this powerful broadside that takes in politicians and infamous legal cases, Julian Burnside explores the concept of privilege and the people who have it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780733644016
Publisher:	Hachette Australia
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Series:	On Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

JulianBurnside is a Melbourne barrister and human rights advocate. He is the author of Word Watching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist, Watching Brief: Rights, Law and Justice and Watching Out: Reflections on Justice and Injustice.

Editorial Reviews

[The] writing is precise and fluent, and at its best making an astute, if often overlooked point. He invites us to regard privilege 'from above and below,' stereoscopically.

Canberra Times

"MUP has repackaged an old fashioned and unsexy genre to make essays modish and exciting."  —Weekend Australian

"[The ] writing is precise and fluent, and at its best making an astute, if often overlooked point. [Burnside] invites us to regard privilege ‘from above and below, stereoscopically.'"  —Canberra Times

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