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Contemporary Political Philosophy. An Introduction. Will Kymlicka. 2nd ed. OUP. 450 pages.
This edition of Will Kymlicka’s best selling critical introduction to contemporary political theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo-American political philosophy in the last 11 years, particularly the new debates on political liberalism, deliberative democracy, civic [...]
An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Jonathan Wolff. 237 pages. Oxford University Press (1996).
What would life be like without the state? What justifies the state? Who should rule? How much liberty should the citizen enjoy? How should property be justly distributed? This book examines the central problems involved in political philosophy and the past attempts to [...]
Försvenskningen av Sverige. Jonas Frykman, Orvar Löfgren, Billy Ehn. 294 sidor. Natur och Kultur.
Vi lever i en värld där det nationella verkar upplösas i globala kulturströmningar samtidigt som det dramatiseras i våldsamma konflikter. Vad är det som ger nationella känslor en sådan kraft och mångtydighet i växlingen mellan hemlängtan och främlingsrädsla, mellan kärlek och hat?
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Att se sig själv i andra. Om solidaritet. Sven-Eric Liedman. 124 sidor. Albert Bonniers förlag.
Ordet “solidaritet” har gjort en lång resa sedan det tog plats i Napoleons berömda civillag. Det har befunnit sig på revolutionens barrikader samtidigt som Roms påvar med välbehag tagit det i sin mun. Det har varit en trogen kamrat för fattiga [...]
The Symbolic Construction of Community (Key Ideas). Anthony P. Cohen. 128 pages. Routledge
Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His view is interpretive and experiential, seeing the community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols whose meanings vary [...]
The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Robert W. Hefner (Editor). University of Hawaii Press. 2001. Paperback 319 pages. ISBN: 0824824873.
Few challenges to the modern dream of democratic citizenship appear greater than the presence of severe ethnic, religious, and linguistic divisions in society. With their diverse religions and ethnic communities, [...]
The Idea of India. Sunil Khilnani. ISBN 0141014261. Paperback, Penguin, 304 pages.
(Amazon) Khilnani (politics, Univ. of London) offers a penetrating analysis of the spread of democracy to ever more diverse segments of the Indian body politic. Juxtaposed to this trend is the breakup of the Congress Party’s hegemony and the subsequent growth of regional political [...]
Multiculturalism and “The Politics of Recognition” Charles Taylor with commentary by K. Anthony Appiah, Jürgen Habermas, Steven C. Rockefeller, Michael Walzer, and Susan Wolf. (Swedish edition, 1999, 176 pages)
(PU Press) A new edition of the highly acclaimed book Multiculturalism and “The Politics of Recognition,” this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers [...]
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. Norman G. Finkelstein (official | wikipedia). Paperback. Second edition.
(ZMAG) Norman Finkelstein’s book on the Holocaust Industry is guided by his parents’ legacy. Both of them were survivors of the Warsaw ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps. Thus, the author has a personal interest in preserving [...]
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
Susan Moller Okin et. al. (Stanford obit)
A buzzword for political correctness, multiculturalism with its implications of ethnocentrism and group rights has, inevitably, become a shibboleth. Feminist theorist and Stanford political science professor Okin assesses what adhering to sanctioned cultural practices (such as female genital mutilation, polygamy, child marriage and forced illiteracy) [...]
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