Identity/Difference Politics: How Difference Is Produced, and Why It Matters - Couverture rigide

Dhamoon, Rita

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774815906 ISBN 13 : 9780774815901

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2009

Synopsis

Theories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates about identity and difference politics in contemporary western political theory. Identity/Difference Politics offers a nuanced critique of these debates by switching the focus from culture to power. Issues of power are examined through accounts of meaning-making - those processes through which meanings of difference are produced, organized, and regulated. Other forms of identity/difference such as whiteness, ableism, gender, and heteronormativity establish the analytic and normative value of Dhamoon's alternative theoretical framework, and reveal that an exclusive preoccupation with culture can dissolve into essentialism - which too often provides a rationale for state regulation of groups deemed to be too different.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rita Dhamoon teaches in the Department of Philosophy & Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia. She is co-editor of Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Political Theory and Practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774815906
• ISBN 13: 9780774815901
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible