While many modern societies are noted for their diversity, the resulting challenge is to determine how citizens from different backgrounds and cultures can see themselves and each other as equals, and be treated equally. In Genuine Multiculturalism, Cecil Foster shows that a society's failure to bridge these differences is the tragedy of modern living and that pretending it is possible to mechanically develop fraternity and solidarity among diverse groups is akin to seeking out comedy. Arguing that genuine multiculturalism is the search for social justice by individuals who have been trapped by ascribed identities or newcomers who have been shut out of perceived ethnic homelands, Foster details how this process, in essence, is the story of the Americas. Reconceptionalizing the terms of multiculturalism, he offers an intervention into Canada's claim that its definition and practice are based on recognizing equality of citizenship. Identifying genuine multiculturalism as an ongoing work in progress, rather than a tightly defined policy position, Foster challenges readers to imagine a greater and more harmonious ideal. A necessary theoretical reconsideration of diversity within society, Genuine Multiculturalism refocuses the debate about ideals and practices in modern societies.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-478) and index
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- 2014.
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- 305.800971
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- 23
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Introduction: The Tragedy of Living, the Comedy of Trying 18
- PART ONE - Natural Differences and Social Equality 62
- 1 - Genuine Multiculturalism 64
- 2 - Dramatis personae 79
- PART TWO - Practices against Social Diversity 110
- 3 - A Hegelian – Christian Model 112
- 4 - Multiculturalism in the Americas 148
- 5 - Canada’s Second Covenant: The Charter of Rights 185
- 6 - When Tragedy Becomes Comedy 207
- 7 - The Legacy of the US Civil War 232
- 8 - Canada: Forging a Single Consciousness 252
- 9 - Citizenship with Difference: The CBC and I 273
- 10 - Crisis 2001: Not Enough People! 292
- 11 - Massey and Culture: From Bi to Multi 314
- PART THREE - Accepting Diversity, Promoting Social Equality 342
- 12 - Tyranny v. Freedom: Strauss v. Kojève 344
- 13 - Rawls and Trudeau’s Just Society 372
- 14 - Rethinking the CBC and Me: From Tragedy to Comedy 388
- 15 - Tragedy: The Comedic Folk Saviour 413
- Notes 450
- Index 494
