The multiculturalism of fear / Jacob T. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Jacob T., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Ethnic relations.

Fear--Cross-cultural studies.

Fear.

Multiculturalism.

Nationalism.

Political violence.

Social conflict--Political aspects.

Social conflict.

Physical Description:

viii, 268 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.

Summary:

This book combines an analysis of the policy dilemmas faced by multiethnic states around the world with a philosophical consideration of multiculturalism and nationalism. It discusses land rights, official apologies for past injustices, the sexist and cruel internal practices of many minority groups, and the violence of state attempts to assimilate minorities. It argues that ethnic and national identity are not morally important, but that it is morally important toshape our laws and politics around the fact of cultural pluralism and the dangers it poses.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

PART I: POLITICAL THEORY IN A MULTIETHNIC WORLD

Introduction: Political Theory, Multiculturalism, and Nationalism

1 The Multiculturalism of Fear

2 Cruelty and Conflict in Multiethnic Politics

PART II: THE MORAL IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL MEMBERSHIP?

3 The Impossibility of Universal Nationalism

4 Pluralism, Diversity, and Preserving Cultural Communities

PART III: CATEGORIES AND CASES

5 Classifying Cultural Rights

6 Incorporating Indigenous Law

7 Blood and Soil, Place or Property: Liberalism, Land, and Ethnicity

8 Ethnic Symbolism and Official Apologies

Afterword

Bibliography

Cases Cited

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-263) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611943929

9780191522826

0191522821

9780191599767

019159976X

9781281943927

1281943924

9780585374994

0585374996

OCLC:

742333459