Multicultural dialogue : dilemmas, paradoxes, conflicts / Randi Gressgard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gressgård, Randi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Cross-cultural orientation.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As cross-cultural migration increases democratic states face a particular challenge: how to grant equal rights and dignity to individuals while recognizing cultural distinctiveness. In response to the greater number of ethnic and religious minority groups, state policies seem to focus on managing cultural differences through planned pluralism. This book explores the dilemmas, paradoxes, and conflicts that emerge when differences are managed within this conceptual framework. After a critical investigation of the perceived logic of identity, indicative of Western nation-states and at the root of

Contents:

Multicultural Dialogue; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Dual Subjectivity and the Metaphysics of Purity; Chapter 2. Non-modern Holism and Modern Totalitarianism; Chapter 3. Heterogeneity and the Singular Subject; Chapter 4. Consequences of Heterogeneity; Chapter 5. Conditions for Dialogue; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-552-2

0-85745-649-0

1-282-66238-4

9786612662386

1-84545-820-6

OCLC:

720825152