Format:
Online Ressource (x, 231 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781400826308
,
1400826306
Content:
What is black culture? Does it have an essence? What do we lose and gain by assuming that it does, and by building our laws accordingly? This bold and provocative book questions the common presumption of political multiculturalism that social categories such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality are defined by distinctive cultural practices. Richard Ford argues against law reform proposals that would attempt to apply civil rights protections to "cultural difference." Unlike many criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about "reverse discrimination" or the erosion of core Western cultural values, the book's argument is primarily focused on the adverse effects of multicultural rhetoric and multicultural rights on their supposed beneficiaries. Ford argues that multicultural accounts of cultural difference do not accurately describe the practices of social groups. Instead these accounts are prescriptive: they attempt to canonize a narrow, parochial, and contestable set of ideas about appropriate group culture and to discredit more cosmopolitan lifestyles, commitments, and values. --From publisher's description
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
1282129589
Additional Edition:
9781282129580
Additional Edition:
9786612129582
Additional Edition:
6612129581
Additional Edition:
0691119600
Additional Edition:
0691128693
Additional Edition:
9780691119601
Additional Edition:
9780691128696
Additional Edition:
0691119600
Additional Edition:
9780691119601
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ford, Richard T. (Richard Thompson) Racial culture Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2005
Language:
English
Keywords:
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