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1 online resource (202 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Multiculturalism without culture -- Between culture and cosmos -- What's wrong with cultural defence? -- Autonomy, coercion, and constraint -- Exit and voice -- Multiculturalism without groups? |
| Summary |
Public opinion in recent years has soured on multiculturalism, due in large part to fears of radical Islam. In Multiculturalism without Culture, Anne Phillips contends that critics misrepresent culture as the explanation of everything individuals from minority and non-Western groups do. She puts forward a defense of multiculturalism that dispenses with notions of culture, instead placing individuals themselves at its core. Multiculturalism has been blamed for encouraging the oppression of women--forced marriages, female genital cutting, school girls wearing the hijab. Many critics opportunisti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Feminism. |
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Multiculturalism.
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Multiculturalism. |
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Culture conflict.
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Culture conflict. |
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Sex discrimination against women.
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Sex discrimination against women. |
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Electronic books.
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Phillips, Anne, 1950- Multiculturalism without culture. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, ©2007 9780691141152 0691141150 (OCoLC)276340753 |
| ISBN |
9781400827732 (electronic book) |
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1400827736 (electronic book) |
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1282157159 |
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9781282157156 |
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0691141150 |
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9780691141152 |
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9780691129440 (alkaline paper) |
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0691129444 (alkaline paper) |
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9780691141152 |
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