Diversity and Community

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Diversity and Community: An Interdisciplinary Reader is acollection of essays exploring the notion of community in its manytheoretical, practical, and cultural manifestations. * * A collection of specially commissioned essays exploring thenotion of community in its many theoretical, practical, andcultural manifestations. * Discusses the idea of community in its full, culturalcontext. * Deals with issues confronting many diverse groups, includingAfrican American, Franco-Canadian, computer-mediated, and gay andlesbian communities. * Includes contributions by both eminent schlars and new voices,among them Martha Nussbaum, Jean Bethke Elsthain, D.A. Masolo, MaryHawkesworth, Lewis Gordon, Maria Lugones, Crispin Sartwell, DuaneChampagne, and Frank Cunningham.

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Philip Alperson

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Cultural Studies Kulturwissenschaften Philosophie Philosophy Social Philosophy Sozialphilosophie

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"A rich and wonderfully varied collection. These compelling essays- fine examples of clear, politically engaged theorizing- explore many dimensions of community and communal change.Further, the authors challenge themselves and their readers toimagine concrete actions and policies that might turn their visionsof truly diverse communities into reality." Martha Ackelsberg,Smith College "This significant and original collection of essays enablesscholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore a set of vexedyet centrally important questions about the meanings of community.Alperson has edited an impressively coherent volume whose authorsrefuse facile formulations, and instead develop insightful andoften profound analyses of the ideals and realities of community.This is a must-read book." Judith Gerson, RutgersUniversity
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