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Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism
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- David A Hollinger
- Basic Books
- Paperback
- 9780465030651
- 8.06 X 5.38 X 0.77 inches
- 0.72 pounds
- Social Science > Minority Studies
- English
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Sympathetic with the new ethnic consciousness, Hollinger argues that the conventional liberal toleration of all established ethnic groups no longer works because it leaves unchallenged the prevailing imbalance of power. Yet the multiculturalist alternative does nothing to stop the fragmenting of American society into competing ethnic enclaves, each concerned primarily with its own well-being. Hollinger argues instead for a new cosmopolitanism, an appreciation of multiple identities -- new cross-cultural affiliations based not on the biologically given but on consent, on the right to emphasize or diminish the significance of one's ethnoracial affiliation. Postethnic America is a bracing reminder of America's universalist promise as a haven for all peoples. While recognizing the Eurocentric narrowness of that older universalism, Hollinger makes a stirring call for a new nationalism. He urges that a democratic nation-state like ours must help bridge the gap between our common fellowship as human beings and the great variety of ethnic and racial groups represented within the United States.
Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism
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David A Hollinger is Preston Hotchkis Professor Emeritus at University of California Berkley Department of History.
Professor Hollinger is member of American Philosophical Society and American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, and Harmsworth Professor of the University of Oxford.
Professor Hollinger has been president of Organization of American Historians between 2010 and 2011.
- Education
- BA, 1963, La Verne College
PhD, 1970, UC Berkeley
Source: University of California Berkley Department of History
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