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Majorities are made, not born. This book argues that there are no pure majorities in the Asia-Pacific region, broadly defined, nor in the West. Numerically, ethnically, politically, and culturally, societies make and mark their majorities under specific historical, political, and social circumstances. This position challenges Samuel Huntington s influential thesis that civilizations are composed of more or less homogeneous cultures, suggesting instead that culture is as malleable as the politics that informs it. The fourteen contributors to this volume argue that emphasis on minority/majority rights is based on uncritically accepted ideas of purity, numerical superiority, and social consensus. Emphases upon multiculturalism can become ways of masking serious political, ethnic, and class differences merely in terms of cultural difference, and affirmative-action policies can isolate, identify, and stigmatize minorities as often as they homogenize, unify, and naturalize majorities.

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Author:   Dru C. Gladney
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780804730488

ISBN 10:   0804730482
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   01 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Part I 1. Yoshino Kosaku 2. Ohnuki-Tierney Emiko Part II 3. Kendall Laurel 4. Hae-joang Cho Part III 5. Shih-chung Hsieh 6. Gladney Dru C. Part IV 7. A. B. Shamsul 8. Milner Anthony Part V 9. Kelly John D. 10. Kaplan Martha Part VI 11. Deringil Selim 12. Kirisci Kemal Part VII 13. Handler Richard 14. Okamura Jonathan Y.

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