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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814176703321

Autore

Blommaert Jan

Titolo

Debating diversity : analysing the discourse of tolerance / / Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-65419-7

1-134-65418-9

9780203263146

0-203-26314-6

0-203-02927-5

1-280-33259-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VerschuerenJef

Disciplina

305.80014

401/.41

Soggetti

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Language and culture

Racism

Cultural pluralism

Toleration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Diversity: the issue; The management of diversity; Group relations, cognition and language; The ingredients of an ideology; The 'migrant problem'; The central concepts; Homogeneism; Homogeneism at work; Training for tolerance; Educating the public; Anti-racism; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world. This highly original and controversial work focuses on the language used by the vast majority who regard themselves as being open to a multi-cultural society.Using Belgium as a case study and drawing parallels with the UK, US, Europe and the



former Yugoslavia, the authors analyse this language and reveal a remarkable consistency between these liberal voices, such as in news-reporting, and the language used by radical racist and nationalist groups.