Cosmopolitanism and solidarity : studies in ethnoracial, religious, and professional affiliation in the United States / / David A. Hollinger

• Autore: Hollinger David A
• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxv, 213 p
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Multiculturalism - United States; Cosmopolitanism - United States; Solidarity - United States; Cultural relativism - United States; Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States; Church and education - United States; Christianity and culture - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations; United States Ethnic relations; United States Religion
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-208) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Amalgamation and hypodescent : the question of ethnoracial mixture in the history of the United States -- The one drop rule and the one hate rule -- The historian's use of the United States and vice versa -- Money and academic freedom a half-century after McCarthyism : universities amid the force fields of capital -- Enough already : universities do not need more Christianity -- The enlightenment and the genealogy of contemporary cultural conflict in the United States -- Why are Jews preeminent in science and scholarship? the Veblen Thesis reconsidered -- Rich, powerful, and smart : Jewish overrepresentation should be explained instead of avoided or mystified -- Cultural relativism.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Who are we?" is the question at the core of these fascinating essays from one of the nation's leading intellectual historians. With old identities increasingly destabilized throughout the world-the result of demographic migration, declining empires, and the quickening integration of the global capitalist economy and its attendant communications systems-David A. Hollinger argues that the problem of group solidarity is emerging as one of the central challenges of the twenty-first century. Building on many of the topics in his highly acclaimed earlier work, these essays treat a number of contentious issues, many of them deeply embedded in America's past and present political polarization. Essays include "Amalgamation and Hypodescent, " "Enough Already: Universities Do Not Need More Christianity, " "Cultural Relativism, " "Why Are Jews Preeminent in Science and Scholarship: The Veblen Thesis Reconsidered, " and "The One Drop Rule and the One Hate Rule." Hollinger is at his best in his judicious approach to America's controversial history of race, ethnicity, and religion, and he offers his own thoughtful prescriptions as Americans and others throughout the world struggle with the pressing questions of identity and solidarity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cosmopolitanism and Solidarity
• ISBN: 9786612270116; 9780299216634; 0299216632; 9781282270114; 1282270117
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963662303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in American thought and culture.