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An American friendship : Horace Kallen, Alain Locke, and the development of cultural pluralism / David Weinfeld.

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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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