Toppling the Melting Pot : Immigration and Multiculturalism in American Pragmatism / Jose-Antonio Orosco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orosco, José-Antonio, 1971- author.

Series:

American philosophy.

American philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism--United States.

Multiculturalism.

Pragmatism.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

He concludes that by applying the insights of American pragmatism, we can find guidance through controversial contemporary issues such as undocumented immigration, multicultural education, and racialized conceptions of citizenship.

Contents:

Models of the melting pot

Cultural pluralism and principles of pragmatist solidarity

From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: Louis Adamic and cultural flourishing

W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black cultural contribution to us deep democracy

Josiah Royce's deliberative democracy for multicultural conflict and education

Aliens and neighbors: jane Addams and the reframing of the undocumented immigration debate

Cesar Chavez and the pluralist foundations of US American democracy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-149) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253023223

025302322X

OCLC:

964283339