{"product_id":"diversity-and-community-an-interdisciplinary-reader-paperback-softback-9780631219477","title":"Diversity and Community; An Interdisciplinary Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631219477","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDiversity and Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Interdisciplinary Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Alperson (Edited by), Alperson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631219477, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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 to imagine concrete actions and policies that might turn their visions of truly diverse communities into reality.\" \u003ci\u003eMartha Ackelsberg, Smith College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This significant and original collection of essays enables scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore a set of vexed yet centrally important questions about the meanings of community. Alperson has edited an impressively coherent volume whose authors refuse facile formulations, and instead develop insightful and often profound analyses of the ideals and realities of community. This is a must-read book.\" \u003ci\u003eJudith Gerson, Rutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiversity and Community: An Interdisciplinary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays exploring the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical, and cultural manifestations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical, and cultural manifestations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the idea of community in its full, cultural context.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeals with issues confronting many diverse groups, including African American, Franco-Canadian, computer-mediated, and gay and lesbian communities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions by both eminent schlars and new voices, among them Martha Nussbaum, Jean Bethke Elsthain, D.A. Masolo, Mary Hawkesworth, Lewis Gordon, Maria Lugones, Crispin Sartwell, Duane Champagne, and Frank Cunningham.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Contributors. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Diversity and Community: Philip Alperson (Temple University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Community and Its Contestations:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Communities and Community: Critique and Retrieval: Jean Bethke Elsthain (University of Chicago) and Christopher Beem (Johnson Foundation).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Community at the Margin: Crispin Sartwell (Maryland Institute College of Art).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Impure Communities: Maria Lugones (SUNY-Binghampton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Identities: The Dynamical Dimensions of Diversity: Chuck Dyke (Temple University) and Carl Dyke (Methodist College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. From Village to Global Contexts: Ideas, Types, and the Making of Communities: D. A. Masolo (University of Louisville).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Obligation Across Generations: A Consideration in the Understanding of Community Formation: Lewis R. Gordon (Brown University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Community, Constitutive Identities, and Resisting Subjects:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Citizenship or Transgression?: Dilemmas of the US Movement for Lesbian\/Gay Rights: Arlene Stein (Rutgers University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Diversity, Inequality, and Community: African Americans and People of Color in the United States: J. Blaine Hudson (University of Louisville).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Renewing American Indian Nations: Cosmic Communities and Spiritual Autonomy: Duane Champagne (University of California at Los Angeles).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Nations and Nationalism: The Case of Canada\/Quebec: Frank Cunningham (University of Toronto).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Love, Care, and Women’s Dignity: The Family as a Privileged Community: Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Community and Society, Melancholy and Sociopathy: Osborne Wiggins (University of Louisville) and Michael A. Schwartz (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Community, Culture, and Education:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Role of Art in Sustaining Communities: Marcia Muelder Eaton (University of Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Images of Community in American Popular Culture: Eileen John (University of Louisville) and Nancy Potter (University of Louisville).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Virtual Communities: Chinatowns Made in America: Gary Y. Okihiro (Columbia University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Villages, Local and Global: Observations on Computer-Mediated and Geographically Situated Communities: Samuel Oluoch Imbo (Hamline University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The University as a Universe of Communities: Mary Hawkesworth (Rutgers University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52405570306328,"sku":"9780631219477","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631219477.jpg?v=1784136828","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/diversity-and-community-an-interdisciplinary-reader-paperback-softback-9780631219477","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}