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Susan Connelly

Susan Connelly is a Sister of St Joseph who has been involved with Timorese issues since 1994.  Other important concerns are West Papua and asylum seekers. Her recent book published by Bloomsbury Academic is “East Timor, René Girard and Neocolonial Violence: Scapegoating as Australian Policy”. It is an interpretation of the relationship between Australia and East Timor through the lenses of French-American philosopher René Girard’s insights into human violence and scapegoating. Bloomsbury Academic will publish her PhD thesis as “East Timor, René Girard and Neocolonial Violence: Scapegoating as Australian Policy”. It is an interpretation of the relationship between Australia and East Timor through the lenses of French-American philosopher René Girard’s insights into human violence and scapegoating.


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