Muecke, S.2017-10-092017-10-092011CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture, 2011; 13(2):1-71481-43741481-4374http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108342In his article "Australian Indigenous Philosophy" Stephen Muecke discusses the fact that neither Australian philosophy nor Indigenous Australian philosophy exists as a field of study. Settler Australians have imported their philosophical traditions and have left it up to other disciplines to undertake the translation work of knowledge in the long-lived Indigenous traditions. Here, anthropology, history, and cultural studies have taken up the challenge. Muecke revisits his 2004 book Ancient and Modern: Time, Culture and Indigenous Philosophy in order to refine some of his arguments about philosophical practice and the damaging periodization into "ancient" and "modern" cultures in colonial societies like Australia.en©Purdue UniversityJournal article003007503710.7771/1481-4374.17410002914651000032-s2.0-79957841565368838Muecke, S. [0000-0003-1634-8637]