Defending diversity: contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism
Lawrence Foster, Patricia Susan Herzog
In recent years the implications of multiculturalism for American society have been the subject of much debate. To some, the term has come to denote the fragmentation of tradition and the coherent values that derive from it. To others, it signals the advent of a more inclusive, tolerant, and genuinely democratic society. Drawing on philosophy's longstanding concern with issues of pluralism and relativism, on the traditions of American pragmatism, and on modern theoretical innovations, the essays in this volume bring clarity to this discussion by analyzing the underlying values and assumptions of each side. They present a varied, insightful, and well-reasoned defense of the virtues of diversity, outside as well as inside the walls of the academy.
カテゴリー:
年:
1994
出版社:
Univ of Massachusetts Press
言語:
english
ISBN 10:
0870239112
ファイル:
EPUB, 464 KB
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english, 1994