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Title

Democratic education in a multicultural state / edited by Yael Tamir.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Blackwell, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Tamir, Yael, 1954-

Description

134 pages; 25 cm

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.

Series Statement

Journal of philosophy of education. Monograph series ; 1

Uniform Title

• Journal of philosophy of education. Special issue.
• Journal of philosophy of education. Monograph series ; 1.

Subject

• Multicultural education
• Education > Philosophy
• Democracy > Study and teaching
• Demokratische Erziehung
• Interkulturelle Erziehung
• Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Intercultureel onderwijs
• Multiculturele samenlevingen
• Multiculturalism

Note

• Special issue of the Journal of philiosphy of education.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 063119925X
• 9780631199250

LCCN

95014114

OCLC

• ocm32431457
• 32431457
• SCSB-8916710

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library