TY  - BOOK
N2  - Multiculturalism - along with its synonym "diversity"--Has radically different meanings for two large segments of the American people. The conflict between these groups is now the source of bitter and widespread controversy and confrontation. It has become the issue in the last decade of the twentieth century. Dictatorship of Virtue is a passionate, provocative, and rigorously documented examination of multiculturalism - its noble roots and the abuses and excesses perpetrated in its name.
N2  - To its advocates, multiculturalism is simply an intense effort to include in the mainstream of American life groups of people who have been excluded or marginalized in the past. These advocates argue that the essentially European identity that has dominated American life until now must make room for other identities; "inclusion" is key.
N2  - To its critics, multiculturalism means in practice the opposite of what it means in theory: they see it as a new, easily reproducible boilerplate of received ideas and unexamined assumptions that insists on adherence - with truth and fairness often falling victim to the demands of ethnic or racial self-esteem.
N2  - Richard Bernstein takes us to the front lines of this war for America's intellectual future: battles over school curricula, local legislation, college reading lists, censorship and freedom of expression, and "sexist" language. He explores the burgeoning industry of "diversity training," the inroads of questionable scholarship, and the fates of men and women victimized by political correctness.
N2  - While applauding the true meaning of multiculturalism - equality of opportunity and social justice - Bernstein fears that there is a pulling away from certain cultural norms, adherence to which traditionally has enabled Americans to board the great engine of upward social mobility. Multiculturalism, that universe of good intentions born of the civil rights movement and deriving from principles all good people hold dear, has too often become a dictatorship of virtue.
N2  - What this means for our society and what we can do about it is brilliantly and lucidly presented in a book that will stand as an important contribution to the great debate of the nineties - and beyond.
AB  - Multiculturalism - along with its synonym "diversity"--Has radically different meanings for two large segments of the American people. The conflict between these groups is now the source of bitter and widespread controversy and confrontation. It has become the issue in the last decade of the twentieth century. Dictatorship of Virtue is a passionate, provocative, and rigorously documented examination of multiculturalism - its noble roots and the abuses and excesses perpetrated in its name.
AB  - To its advocates, multiculturalism is simply an intense effort to include in the mainstream of American life groups of people who have been excluded or marginalized in the past. These advocates argue that the essentially European identity that has dominated American life until now must make room for other identities; "inclusion" is key.
AB  - To its critics, multiculturalism means in practice the opposite of what it means in theory: they see it as a new, easily reproducible boilerplate of received ideas and unexamined assumptions that insists on adherence - with truth and fairness often falling victim to the demands of ethnic or racial self-esteem.
AB  - Richard Bernstein takes us to the front lines of this war for America's intellectual future: battles over school curricula, local legislation, college reading lists, censorship and freedom of expression, and "sexist" language. He explores the burgeoning industry of "diversity training," the inroads of questionable scholarship, and the fates of men and women victimized by political correctness.
AB  - While applauding the true meaning of multiculturalism - equality of opportunity and social justice - Bernstein fears that there is a pulling away from certain cultural norms, adherence to which traditionally has enabled Americans to board the great engine of upward social mobility. Multiculturalism, that universe of good intentions born of the civil rights movement and deriving from principles all good people hold dear, has too often become a dictatorship of virtue.
AB  - What this means for our society and what we can do about it is brilliantly and lucidly presented in a book that will stand as an important contribution to the great debate of the nineties - and beyond.
T1  - Dictatorship of virtue :multiculturalism, and the battle for America's future /
AU  - Bernstein, Richard,
ET  - First edition.
CN  - E184.A1
CN  - E184.A1
ID  - 1408870
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Multiculturalism -- United States.
KW  - Cultural pluralism -- United States.
KW  - United States -- Race relations.
KW  - United States -- Ethnic relations.
KW  - Multiculturalisme
KW  - Diversité culturelle
KW  - 71.79 social problems and social conflicts: other.
KW  - Pluralismo (Ciencias sociales)
KW  - Cultural pluralism.
KW  - Ethnic relations.
KW  - Multiculturalism.
KW  - Race relations.
KW  - Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
KW  - Ethnische Beziehungen
KW  - Ethnische Gruppe
KW  - Intercultureel onderwijs.
KW  - Politieke conflicten.
KW  - Relativisme.
KW  - Onverdraagzaamheid.
SN  - 0679411569
SN  - 9780679411567
SN  - 0679763988
SN  - 9780679763987
TI  - Dictatorship of virtue :multiculturalism, and the battle for America's future /
ER  -