ISBN:
0415922127
,
0203906632
,
0415922135
,
9780415922128
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 177 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Zones of religion
Parallel Title:
Print version Multicultural Riddle : Rethinking National, Ethnic and Religious Identities
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Ethnicity
;
Religion and culture
;
Civil rights
;
Multiculturalism
;
Human rights
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A comprehensive exploration of all the issues that shape our search for a multicultural society
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; About This Book; ~I Have a Dream~; but Who Is It For?Civil Rights, Human Rights, or Community Rights?; From Dreaming to Meaning: The Multicultural Triangle National Culture, Ethnic Culture, Religion as Culture; The Nation-State, I: Postethnic or Pseudotribe? Why Nation-States Are Not Ethnically Neutral; The Nation-State, II: Business or Temple? Why Nation-States Are Not Religiously Neutral; Ethnicity: Blood or Wine? Not Biological Essence, but Cultivated Ferment; Religion: Baggage or Sextant? Not Immutable Heritage, but Positioning in Context
Description / Table of Contents:
Culture: Having, Making, or Both? From an Essentialist through a Processual to a Discursive UnderstandingMulticultural Theory, I: The Sales Talk and the Small Print Are You Same Enough to Be Equal?; Multicultural Theory, II: The Values and the Valid What Is It Prof. Taylor Should ~Recognize~?; Multicultural Praxis: The Banal and the Best From Culti-Parading to Multi-Relating; From Dreaming to Meaning: A Summary Multiculturalism Is a New Understanding of Culture; From Meaning to Practice: What Students Can Do New Understandings Require New Projects; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-172) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
