Pluralism and the Politics of Difference

State, Culture, and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

Is a plural, polyethnic, democratic society possible? Starting with Ernest Gellner's observation that `culturally plural societies worked well in the past', but `genuine cultural pluralism ceases to be viable under current conditions', this study explores pluralism in three settings; early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary `postmodern' world. Through a nuanced discussion ranging from pre-colonial Africa and Mesoamerica, to European and American experiences in the twentieth century, Grillo explores the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity. The study uncovers a range of different kinds of pluralism, from out-and-out separatism, through varieties of multiculturalism, to looser forms of `hybridity'. Rather than advocating one configuration over another, this important new book outlines the range of choices facing our societies as, moving into the twenty-first century, we try to reconcile the competing demands of universalism and difference.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-07-23
Mått:164 x 244 x 20 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198294269

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Ralph Grillo is Professor of Social Anthropology in the School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex. He was formerly Dean of the School of African and Asian Studies (1988-93), and Director of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Culture, Development & the Environment (1994-7).

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Ralph Grillo shows himself to be a knowledgeable and adept analyst. ... Grillo the social scientist concludes that ethnic diversification will be an increasing feature of advanced Western societies, while Grillo the normative philosopher seems impressed by the virtues of a form of multiculturalism which he terms hybridity. Grillos book provides a plausible case for both answers.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Plural Societies ; 2. Pluralism and the Patrimonial State: Pre-Colonial Africa ; 3. Pragmatism against Morality: Ethnicity in the Aztec Empire ; 4. Pluralism in a Patrimonial Bureaucracy: The Ottoman Empire ; 5. Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism in the Colonial Social Order ; 6. The Jacobin Project: The Nation-State and the Enemy Within ; 7. 'Nation of many nations?' The United States and Immigration, 1880-1930 ; 8. A 'magpie society'? From 'Assimilation' to 'Integration' in Britain and France ; 9. Multiculturalism and Beyond ; 10. Pluralism and the Postmodern Condition