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The Politics of Culture Race, Violence, and Democracy

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Jung Min Choi, Karen A. Callaghan, John W. Murphy

Book Code: C4889

ISBN: 0-275-94889-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94889-4

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192 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 7/30/1995

List Price: $97.95 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: The protests in Los Angeles during the spring of 1992 signaled that the United States is a troubled society. Specifically, many people are not close to experiencing democracy. This is the case even though American society is becoming increasingly diverse. Certain powerful interests constrict the American policy in very important ways. Postmodern philosophy is used by Choi, Callaghan, and Murphy to illustrate how this control is maintained through the manipulation of symbolism and other cultural factors. Accordingly, they contend, new symbolism is needed before a democratic, pluralistic polity can be said to exist. Postmodernism is also employed to show how a democratic mode of order can be conceptualized. Contrary to what some critics claim, Postmodernism is a worldly philosophy that has much to say about contemporary issues. This volume of cultural criticism will be of interest to political philosophers, sociologists, and others concerned with current social and political problems.

Table of Contents:

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 Vérité 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

LC Card Number: 95-3333

LCC Class: JA75

Dewey Class: 306.2


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