What Was Multiculturalism?: A Critical Retrospect

Mishra, Vijay

ISBN 10: 052286127X / ISBN 13: 9780522861273

Published by MUP Academic, 2012

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Synopsis:

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 critical reflections, Mishra offers a detached, honest, bold and uncompromised reading of some of the most influential texts on multiculturalism, with a view to establishing the historical moments in the field.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: What Was Multiculturalism?: A Critical ...
Publisher: MUP Academic
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New