Lasse Thomassen

British Multiculturalism and the Politics of Representation (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Uses poststructuralist theory to connect inclusion, exclusion and identity, using real-world case studies from British culture, politics and lawLasse Thomassen applies a fresh, poststructuralist approach to reconcile the theoretical and practical issues surrounding inclusion, exclusion and representation. He opens up debates and themes including Britishness, race, the nature and role of Islam in British society, homelessness and social justice. Thomassen argues that the politics of inclusion and identity should be viewed as struggles over how these identities are represented. He develops this argument through careful analysis of cases from the last four decades of British multiculturalism, including public debates about the role of religion in British society, Gordon Brown and David Cameron's contrasting versions of Britishness, legal cases about religious symbols and clothing in schools, and the Nick Hornby novel How to Be Good.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474422680
• Artikelnr.: 50403250

Autorenporträt

Lasse Thomassen is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of Deconstructing Habermas (Routledge, 2007) and Habermas: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum, 2010), and the co-editor of Radical Democracy: Politics between Abundance and Lack (Manchester University Press, 2005) and the editor of The Derrida-Habermas Reader (Edinburgh University Press, 2006). Currently he is working on the concept of representation and new forms of radical politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Identity, Inclusion and Representation
1. Hegemony, Representation and Britishness
2. Subjects of Equality
3. (Not) Just a Piece of Cloth: Recognition and Representation
4. Tolerance: Circles of Inclusion and Exclusion
5. Hospitality beyond Good and Bad
Conclusion: Multiculturalism, Britishness and Muscular Liberalism
Bibliography
Index