Defending diversity : contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism / ed...
Defending diversity : contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism / ed...
Defending diversity : contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism / edited by Lawrence Foster and Patricia Herzog.
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Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994.
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N306.4/61
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Coping with Moral Conflict and Ambiguity / David B. Wong -- Irreconcilable Moral Disagreement / Mitchell Silver -- A Critique of Adversarial Discourse: Gender as an Aspect of Cultural Difference / Janet Farrell Smith -- Philosophy, Disability, and Essentialism / Karen Fiser -- Nationalism and Plural...
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Publisher
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1994.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
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 l...
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Defending diversity : contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism / edited by Lawrence Foster and Patricia Herzog.
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Based on a conference sponsored by the Philosophy Dept. of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Date Copyright
c1994.
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N306.4/61
Record Identifier
74VKOV36vZzX
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ISBN
0870239112 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
9780870239106 (alk. paper) :
0870239104 (alk. paper) :
9780870239113 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
DDC
306.4
MMS ID
991022498179702626
