What Was Multiculturalism? by Vijay Mishra - ISBN: 9780522861273
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A critical survey of multicultural theory and practice.

What Was Multiculturalism?

A Critical Retrospect

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    268 pages

  • Release Date

    2 January 2012

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Summary

What Was Multiculturalism? is a timely account of a socio-political theory that has featured in public debate in the West for the past forty years.The book is both a compendium as well as a critique of multicultural theory in its diverse forms; from the politics of recognition, consensus, tolerance and the need for an inclusive community, to questions about the moral order, the invasive force of religious absolutism and the spectres of racism, injustice and scapegoating.Through a series of cr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522861273
ISBN-10:052286127X
Author:Vijay Mishra
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:268
Release Date:2 January 2012
Weight:318g
Dimensions:211mm x 140mm x 15mm
About The Author

Vijay Mishra

Vijay Mishra is a professor of English Literature and an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow at Murdoch University. He has published major books on Gothic, Australian, postcolonial and diaspora literatures, devotional poetics and Indian cinema.

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