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Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory
Rethinking Multiculturalism Cultural Diversity and Political Theory Author:Bhikhu Parekh Bhikhu Parekh argues for a pluralist perspective on cultural diversity. Writing from both within the liberal tradition and outside of it as a critic, he challenges what he calls the "moral monism" of much of traditional moral philosophy, including contemporary liberalism—its tendency to assert that only one way of life or set o... more »f values is worthwhile and to dismiss the rest as misguided or false. He defends his pluralist perspective both at the level of theory and in subtle nuanced analyses of recent controversies. "Parekh is fair, thoughtful, fastidious and inventive in his theorizing of multiculturalism … While his approach is always balanced, his first impulse is to explain and, where defensible, defend viewpoints that Western liberals have traditionally found suspect … This is a truly important and original book." —Benjamin Barber, Rutgers University "This book is a lucid and luminous examination of the lives and times of liberalism in the context of multiculturalism, migration, and cultural displacement … This work by a fine scholar and an ardent activist teaches the hard lessons of tolerance and cultural empathy." —Homi Bhabha, University of Chicago« less