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Title: Multicultural Controverseries: Political Struggles, Cultural Consumerism and State Management
Author: Imanol Galfarsoro
Imprint: The Davies Group, Publishers
204 pp.
soft cover
USD 26.00
ISBN 978-1934542446
Pub date: June 9, 2014
In
this
short
but
all-encompassing
account
of
multiculturalism,
Multicultural
Controversies
studies
the
emergence
and
development
of
multiculturalism
as
a
concept
mapped
out
through
a
variety
of
controversial
discussions.
Arguing
that
multiculturalism
cannot
be
reduced
just
to
the
issues
of
emigration
and
religion,
the
author
pursues
a
comprehensive
approach
reflecting
a
trans-disciplinary
interest
in
the
intersection
of
critical
social
theory
and
radical
political
philosophy
with
post-colonial
studies,
and
examines
the
overall
contexts
(historical,
socio-political,
cultural
and
philosophical/speculative) in which multiculturalism emerges and develops as a concept.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Multiculturalism as Struggle: Society
Chapter 1 Culture is (not) ordinary
Culture and community; Double consciousness; Structures of feeling
Chapter 2 Hegemonic articulations
Infinite dispersal & arbitrary closure; Discourse and constitutive exteriors; There is no society
Part II
Multiculturalism as Consumption: Market
Chapter 3 Others for sale
Indifference to difference; Ideological form of global capitalism; Boutique multiculturalism
Chapter 4 “It’s the economy, stupid!”
Tolerance and respect; Universal, particular, singular; The market (and the) economy
Part III
Multiculturalism as Management: State
Chapter 5 Nation and Migration
Border Theory; DissemiNations; Implicit assumptions
Chapter 6 The State is death, long live the State!
“Sophisticated” multiculturalism; Post-nationalisms; State of affairs
Conclusion
Endnotes
Works Cited
Index
“Multicultural
Controversies
offers
a
totally
fresh
look
at
a
complex
subject.
Imanol
Galfarsoro
views
multiculturalism
along
three
dimensions:
struggle
and
society,
consumption
and
the
market,
management
and
the
state.
It
is
an
original
and
illuminating
approach.
This
book,
with
its
broad
coverage
and
incisive
analysis,
is
essential
reading
for
anyone
grappling with the question of multiculturalism today.”
Dr. Brian Klug
Senior Research Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy
Oxford University
“
Multicultural
Controversies
contributes
an
unparalleled
genealogy
of
the
problem
of
multiculturalism.
At
a
time
when
intellectual
discourse
tends
to
forget
yesterday’s
debates
and,
consequently,
keeps
“reinventing”
the
same
problems,
Multicultural
Controversies
offers
a
forty-year
history
on
the
debates
about
the
problem
of
cultural/racial/ethnic
difference, while masterfully weaving this history with the more general philosophical debate of universalism/particularism in a very synthetic way.”
Dr. Joseba Gabilondo
Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Michigan State University
About thehe Author:
Imanol Galfarsoro (Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Design, University of Leeds), PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK, has written and published
books, articles and collaborations on questions of cultural and national identity, migration, diaspora politics and subaltern/postcolonial thought.