| Description |
pages cm |
| Series |
Journal of philosophy of education. Monograph series ; 1 |
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Journal of philosophy of education. Monograph series ; 1
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| Contents |
Two concepts of multiculturalism / Yael Tamir -- Moral diversity and relativism / Steven Lukes -- Education, democratic citizenship and multiculturalism / Michael Walzer -- Tolerance and recognition: education in a multicultural society / Susan Mendus -- Liberalism and the aims of multicultural education / Walter Feinberg -- Runes and ruins: teaching reading cultures / Amelie Oksenberg Rorty -- Multiculturalism for the religious right? Defending liberal civic education / Stephen Macedo -- Liberalism, education and the common school / Terence H. McLaughlin -- Voluntary apartheid? Problems of schooling for religious and other minorities in democratic societies / Mark Halstead -- Learning from mistakes: resources of tolerance in the Jewish tradition / Menachem Lorberbaum -- Educational rights in multicultural democracies / Colin Wringe |
| Summary |
In multicultural societies different communities live side by side with each other, respecting each other's identities and traditions to different degrees, sometimes living in harmony and sometimes in conflict. The phenomenon of multiculturalism requires us to re-examine many of the concepts used in political theory, for example citizenship, rights, toleration, democracy. Most of all, multiculturalism demands a redefinition of educational ends and means. The writers in this volume employ their discussions of multiculturalism to reflect on the liberal democratic tradition and in so doing allow us to better understand its scope as well as its limits |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Multicultural education.
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Education -- Philosophy.
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Democracy -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Tamir, Yael, 1954-
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| LC no. |
95014114 |
| ISBN |
063119925X alkaline paper |
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