ISBN:
9781400826308
,
1400826306
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 231 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson) Racial culture
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Multiculturalism Law and legislation
;
Discrimination Law and legislation
;
Multiculturalisme
;
Relations intergroupes
;
Multiculturalisme Droit
;
Discrimination Droit
;
Multiculturalism
;
Intergroup relations
;
Discrimination Law and legislation
;
Multiculturalism Law and legislation
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
Discrimination ; Law and legislation
;
Intergroup relations
;
Multiculturalism
;
Multiculturalism ; Law and legislation
;
Culturele verschillen
;
Rassenvraagstuk
;
Social Change
;
Sociology & Social History
;
Social Sciences
;
Multiculturalisme
;
Relation intergroupe
;
Discrimination
;
Culture
;
Droit
;
Identité raciale
;
Aspect politique
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly? This bold and provocative book questions the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices. Richard Ford argues against law reform proposals that would attempt to apply civil rights protections to "cultural difference." Unlike many criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about "reverse discrimination" or the erosion of core Western cultural values, the book's argument is primarily focused on the adverse effects of multicultural rhetoric and multicultural rights on their supposed beneficiaries. Ford argues that multicultural accounts of cultural difference do not accurately describe the practices of social groups. Instead these accounts are prescriptive: they attempt to canonize a narrow, parochial, and contestable set of ideas about appropriate group culture and to discredit more cosmopolitan lifestyles, commitments, and values. --From publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index. - Description based on print version record
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