PHILIP E. DEVINE is Professor of Philosophy at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is the author of The Ethics of Homicide (1978) and Relativism, Nihilism, and God (1989).

• Preface Introduction: Taking Diversity Seriously Enough The Cultural Spectrum From Fundamentalism to Pluralism From Neoconservatism to Deconstruction Four Views of Human Diversity Strong Multiculturalism Weak Multiculturalism Cultural Chaos Humanism Implications The Epistemic Superiority of the Oppressed Defining our National Identity Creation and Evolution The Politics of Personhood The Case Against Secularism Conclusion Appendix Select Bibliography Index

PHILIP E. DEVINE is Professor of Philosophy at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is the author of The Ethics of Homicide (1978) and Relativism, Nihilism, and God (1989).

• Preface Introduction: Taking Diversity Seriously Enough The Cultural Spectrum From Fundamentalism to Pluralism From Neoconservatism to Deconstruction Four Views of Human Diversity Strong Multiculturalism Weak Multiculturalism Cultural Chaos Humanism Implications The Epistemic Superiority of the Oppressed Defining our National Identity Creation and Evolution The Politics of Personhood The Case Against Secularism Conclusion Appendix Select Bibliography Index

PHILIP E. DEVINE is Professor of Philosophy at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is the author of The Ethics of Homicide (1978) and Relativism, Nihilism, and God (1989).

• Preface Introduction: Taking Diversity Seriously Enough The Cultural Spectrum From Fundamentalism to Pluralism From Neoconservatism to Deconstruction Four Views of Human Diversity Strong Multiculturalism Weak Multiculturalism Cultural Chaos Humanism Implications The Epistemic Superiority of the Oppressed Defining our National Identity Creation and Evolution The Politics of Personhood The Case Against Secularism Conclusion Appendix Select Bibliography Index