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

Dhamoon, Rita

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774815914 ISBN 13 : 9780774815918

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2010

Synopsis

Theories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates about identity and difference politics in recent contemporary western political theory. This book offers a nuanced critique of these debates by questioning liberal multiculturalism's preoccupation with culture and, just as important, its unintended consequences.

Identity/Difference Politics switches 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. Students of contemporary political theory, multiculturalism, identity politics, Canadian politics and culture, dis/ablity studies, critical race theory, and feminist and gender theory will find it an invaluable resource.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rita Dhamoon teaches in the Department of Philosophy and 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: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774815914
• ISBN 13: 9780774815918
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible