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The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era
Seyla Benhabib
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Description for The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era
Paperback. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, this book challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. It offers insight to those who strive to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of cultural politics in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KBC; HPS; JFSL1; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught with conflicting new forms of identity politics and intensifying conflicts over culture? This book brings unparalleled clarity to the contemporary debate over this question. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, Seyla Benhabib challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. She argues that much debate--including that of "strong" multiculturalism, which sees cultures as distinct pieces of a mosaic--is dominated by this faulty belief, one with grave consequences for how we think injustices among groups should be ... Read more
How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught with conflicting new forms of identity politics and intensifying conflicts over culture? This book brings unparalleled clarity to the contemporary debate over this question. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, Seyla Benhabib challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. She argues that much debate--including that of "strong" multiculturalism, which sees cultures as distinct pieces of a mosaic--is dominated by this faulty belief, one with grave consequences for how we think injustices among groups should be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691048635
SKU
V9780691048635
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About Seyla Benhabib
Seyla Benhabib is Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University. Her books include "Transformations of Citizenship (The Spinoza Lectures), The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt", and "Situating the Self". Among the volumes she has edited are "Democracy and Difference" (Princeton) and "Feminism as Critique"
Reviews for The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era
"Seyla Benhabib's book presents a subtly defined, vigorously argued universalist position in democratic theory, one that nevertheless accommodates (and essentially integrates) varieties of multiculturalism. It is especially notable for going beyond the trite oppositions between the politics of cultural identity and the theory of deliberative democracy." - Amelie Rorty, Brandeis University; "Reading this book was a deeply satisfying experience. Benhabib's ... Read more