ISBN:
0585083495
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9780585083490
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 230 Seiten)
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Strauß, Botho
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
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Pluralismus
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Philosophie
;
Multiculturalism Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology
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Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy
;
Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture
;
Multiculturalism
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Kongress
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Based on a conference sponsored by the Philosophy Dept. of the University of Massachusetts at Boston
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Includes bibliographical references
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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