Frontiers of Diversity
Explorations in Contemporary Pluralism
Published on 1. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-90-420-1766-5 (ISBN)
Description
Frontiers of Diversity critically examines the explanatory and normative power of pluralism in contemporary philosophy, politics, economics and culture. Based on the papers presented at the "First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Pluralism" at Mansfield College, Oxford, it brings together for the first time essays examining pluralism's impact, both positive and negative, in each of these critical domains. These essays exhibit something of the fertility of the concept of pluralism, not only across the spectrum of fields, but at all levels of analysis, from individual to social to national and international, touching on specific cases from around the world. Through their diversity, the essays are intended to both promote cross-pollination between these domains of study and experience, and to encourage reflection on pluralism as a powerful cross-disciplinary approach for understanding the contemporary world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1766-5 (9789042017665)
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Person
Avery Plaw is an Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Concordia University in Montreal
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I Philosophical Pluralism
Ronald SANDLER and Cynthia TOWNLEY: A Defense of Tolerance as a Moral Virtue
Nicholas H. SMITH: Is Monotheism Compatible with Pluralism? Reflections on Richard Rorty's Critique of Religion
Hanako KOYAMA: Political Philosophy and Pluralism in a Globalised World
PART II Political Pluralism
Avery PLAW: Pluralist Imperialism: The Emergent Paradigm of U.S. Foreign Policy
Mark SIVARAJAH: Value-Pluralism and Human Rights
Tara POLZER: Discourses on Immigration in South Africa: Managing Diversity in a New Nation
PART III Economic Pluralism
Anastasia XENIAS: Dollarization in Latin America: The End of Monetary Pluralism
Hasan VALIULLIN: The FDI Space Heterogeneity
Manuel BRANCO: Underdevelopment as Cultural Resistance or Culture as Resistance to Underdevelopment
PART IV Cultural Pluralism
Vijay DEVADAS: Invention as Intervention: Negotiating the Margins of Pluralism
Yianna LIATSOS: Historical Catharsis and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Douglas PRATT: Religious Plurality, Referential Realism and Paradigms of Pluralism
Introduction
PART I Philosophical Pluralism
Ronald SANDLER and Cynthia TOWNLEY: A Defense of Tolerance as a Moral Virtue
Nicholas H. SMITH: Is Monotheism Compatible with Pluralism? Reflections on Richard Rorty's Critique of Religion
Hanako KOYAMA: Political Philosophy and Pluralism in a Globalised World
PART II Political Pluralism
Avery PLAW: Pluralist Imperialism: The Emergent Paradigm of U.S. Foreign Policy
Mark SIVARAJAH: Value-Pluralism and Human Rights
Tara POLZER: Discourses on Immigration in South Africa: Managing Diversity in a New Nation
PART III Economic Pluralism
Anastasia XENIAS: Dollarization in Latin America: The End of Monetary Pluralism
Hasan VALIULLIN: The FDI Space Heterogeneity
Manuel BRANCO: Underdevelopment as Cultural Resistance or Culture as Resistance to Underdevelopment
PART IV Cultural Pluralism
Vijay DEVADAS: Invention as Intervention: Negotiating the Margins of Pluralism
Yianna LIATSOS: Historical Catharsis and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Douglas PRATT: Religious Plurality, Referential Realism and Paradigms of Pluralism