The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era

by Seyla Benhabib

Book Overview

How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught with conflicting new forms of identity politics and intensifying conflicts over culture? This book brings unparalleled clarity to the contemporary debate over this question. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, Seyla Benhabib challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. She...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691048630
• ISBN13: 9780691048635
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"