Central themes explored in this text are: the position of the Romani, especially in central Euope; the nature of multiculturalism; the realtions of libearlism to nationalism and racism; the philosophical relation of "the individual" to national and other identities; and the deabte between liberal and communitarian conceptions of personhood. The book should be of interest to social and political scientists, philosophers and educationalists, as well as anyone more generally concerned with contemporary issues of nationalism and racism.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 159 mm
Breite: 222 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-148-1 (9781840141481)
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Herausgeber*in
Anglia Polytechnic University
Charles and J.E. Purkyne Universities, Czech Republic
Introduction - towards a typology of violence against Roma in central and Eastern Europe; liberalism, multiculturalism and the principles of community; ethnic pluralism and the ethnic virtues; liberalism, nationalism and identity; the discourse of liberalism in post-socialist Europe; the republican alternative to nationalism - citizenship as public office in America; national institutions and sub-national separatism - Crimea and Chechnia; can the institutions of the European Community transcend liberal limitations in the pursuit of racial equality?; Rawls - a racial theory of justice?; liberalism without universalism?; communitarianism and obedience; being some body - choice and identity in a liberal pluralist world; recognizing multiculturaism; the philosophy of cultural recognition.
