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An American friendship : Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the development of cultural pluralism / David Weinfeld.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection HM1271 .W445 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinfeld, David, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974--Friends and associates.
- Kallen, Horace Meyer.
- Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974--Influence.
- Jewish philosophers--United States.
- Jewish philosophers.
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954--Friends and associates.
- Locke, Alain.
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954--Influence.
- African American philosophers.
- Philosophers--United States--Friends and associates.
- Philosophers.
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Multiculturalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Multiculturalism.
- Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974.
- Locke, Alain, 1885-1954.
- Friendship.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- United States.
- Genre:
- History
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 248 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "An American Friendship narrates the development of cultural pluralism, an idea that emerged in the early twentieth century to explain and shape American diversity, as told through the unlikely friendship of two philosophers, Jewish immigrant and Zionist leader Horace Kallen, and African American Alain Locke, intellectual godfather of the Harlem Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What difference does the difference make? Cultural pluralism as friendship
- From Berenstadt to Boston
- The talented among the tenth
- Locke and Kallen, student and teacher
- American pluralists, friends at Oxford
- The Plural is political
- Plural in culture, universal in religion
- Friendship rekindled, pluralism refined
- Locke's legacy, Kallen's memory
- Conclusion: Differences made.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-239) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Weinfeld, David, 1982- American friendship.
- ISBN:
- 9781501763090
- 1501763091
- OCLC:
- 1260291858
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