The politics of culture : race, violence, and democracy
Jung Min Choi, Karen A. Callaghan (Author), John W. Murphy (Author)
Postmodern philosophy is shown to be a valuable tool for exposing the bankruptcy of laissez-faire economics and culture and in developing a democratic policy. This volume of cultural criticism will be of interest to political philosophers, sociologists, and others concerned with current social and political problems.
xii, 171 Seiten 25 cm
9780275948894, 0275948897
832566686
Introduction Contemporary Society and Morality Laissez-faire and the Moral Dimension Morals are Back Again The Fallout from Laissez-faire A Case of Pluralism Denied Some Thoughts on Violence, Again Poverty and Culture Conservatives, Civil Unrest, and Class Poverty and Sociologism What Is Structural about the Economy? The Culture of Poverty Thesis Revisited Modernity, the Economy, and the Democratization of Economic Life Democracy and Culture Social Control, Ideology, and Pluralism A Recent Example of Cinema VeriTE and the Ideology of Crime Private vs. the Public: A Dubious Distinction? Law Enforcement, Institutionalized Violence, and Community Control of Policing Social Imagery and Democratization Symbolic Violence and the Disembodiment of Identity The Significance of Postmodernism for Race Relations Why Assimilationists Are Afraid of Postmodernists Suggested Readings Index