On the Genealogy of Democracy: Reading Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America
Abstract
Discusses Carey's examining of 'the historical rise of democracy in a way that challenges the prevailing consensus, from Churchill to Fukuyama, that this system represents the indisputable apex of human political organisation.'
The full text of this essay is available to ALS subscribers
Please sign in to access this article and the rest of our archive.
Published 1 June 2012 in Volume 27 No. 2. Subjects: Political ideologies, Peter Carey.
Cite as: Mathews, Peter. ‘On the Genealogy of Democracy: Reading Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2012, doi: 10.20314/als.46ea59780c.