Magabala Books acquires Bruce Pascoe’s “The European Mind”
Magabala Books has acquired The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity & How to Recover by Bruce Pascoe.
Described by the publisher as the follow-up title to Pascoe’s Dark Emu, the book is “a powerful global examination of Western power informed by a First Nations perspective”, according to Magabala. 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 benevolence and economics”.
“Framed by a First Nations philosophy, The European Mind challenges what we think we know about ‘history’ and picks apart beliefs and truths that sit at the heart of our society.”
Pascoe is the author of numerous works, for which he has won awards including the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Booksellers Association Children’s Book of the Year and the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Eve Pownall Award. His bestselling book Dark Emu was published by Magabala in 2014.
Said Magabala publisher Rachel Bin Salleh of The European Mind: “Time to rethink absolutely everything. History has repeatedly shown us the effects of power, privilege and platform on those who do not have access to nor benefit from its resources. The European Mind reveals to us all how blinded we are by the myth of conquering and the disregard we have for our humanity. We have been groomed by the insatiable cult of capitalism, and need help to survive its legacy. It is time to do things differently.”
Said Pascoe: “In order to understand where we are we need to know how we got there. Where did capitalism and Christianity spring from and how was their ship, colonialism, constructed? Are those things capable of change? Can we admit the damage they have caused in the countries that service the colonial, the capitalist and the Christian? Do we think inequality of opportunity is collateral damage of western riches? Most of all how do we save our earth?”
Magabala plans to publish The European Mind on 29 September 2026.
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