Jung Min Choi

The Politics of Culture

Race, Violence, and Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Despite the claims made by conservatives, Choi, Callaghan, and Murphy argue that an unencumbered market does not encourage pluralism. Sources of power are left intact that work in various ways to truncate democracy. Postmodernism offers an alternative to the conservative ideology and provides a new approach to promoting social equity. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780275948894
• ISBN-10: 0275948897
• Artikelnr.: 28529434

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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