Emancipating cultural pluralism / Cris E. Toffolo, editor ; with an afterword by M. Crawford Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toffolo, Cris E.

Series:

SUNY Series in National Identities

SUNY series in national identities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining detailed case studies with discussions of deeper theoretical controversies, Emancipating Cultural Pluralism investigates both the benign and harmful aspects of identity politics. This provocative collection delves into some of the most difficult issues of cultural pluralism, such as what accounts for the immense power of identity politics, whether identity politics can be inherently good or evil, whether states are the right institutions to deal with ethnic conflict, the prevention of genocide, the value of devolving power to the local level, and more. The contributions are united by the conviction that more attention needs to be paid to the normative issues associated with various expressions of cultural pluralism, for the ethical implications of the phenomena are too profound to be ignored.

Contents:

""Emancipating Cultural Pluralism""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part 1. Introduction""; ""1. Overview and Critique of the Present Research into the Politics of Cultural Pluralism by Cris Toffolo""; ""Part 2. Transforming the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological Terrain""; ""2. A Propaedeutic to the Theorizing of Cultural Pluralism by Jeff Hoover""; ""3. The Ethnic State: The Structural Generation of Ethnic Conflict by the International System by Virginia Q. Tilley""; ""4. Cleansing Ethnicity: Taking Group Harms Seriously by Thomas W. Simon""

""Part 3. Interrogating the Logic of Cultural Politics""""5. Forjando Patria: Anthropology, Criminology, and the Post-Revolutionary Discourse on Citizenship by Robert Buffington""; ""6. The Shari�a State The Case of the Islamists in the Sudan by Ismail H. Abdalla""; ""7. Mahatma Gandhi on Indian Self-Rule: An Instrumentalist, an Ethno-Symbolic, or a Psychological Discourse of Nationalism? by Manfred B. Steger""; ""8. Here We Do Not Speak Bhojpuri: A Semantics of Opposition by Beth Simon""

""9. Reclaiming Sacred Hindu Space at Ayodhya: The Hindu Right and the Politics of Cultural Symbolism in Contemporary India by Ellen Christensen""""Part 4. Transforming the Institutional Framework""; ""10. Self-Government in the Darjeeling Hills of India by Selma K. Sonntag""; ""11. Politics of State Creation and Ethnic Relations in Nigeria: The Case of Former Bendel State by Paul G. Adogamhe""; ""12. Ethnicity and Constitutionalism in Ethiopia by Assefaw Bariagaber""; ""Part 5. Conclusion""; ""13. Afterword: Interrogating the Emancipation of Cultural Pluralism by Crawford Young""

""Contributors""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781417524006

1417524006

9780791487495

0791487490

OCLC:

55896150