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Unmeltable Ethnics: Politics & Culture in American Life Paperback - 1996 - 2nd Edition
by Michael Novak
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- Title Unmeltable Ethnics: Politics & Culture in American Life
- Author Michael Novak
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Condition New
- Pages 546
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Transaction Pub, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-1560007737
- ISBN 9781560007739 / 1560007737
- Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 6.13 x 1.17 in (23.06 x 15.57 x 2.97 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Ethnic attitudes - United States, Minorities - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-38251
- Dewey Decimal Code 305
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This new, enlarged edition of an influential book - originally published in 1972 as The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnics - extends the author's wise and generous view of ethnicity. Its aim "is to raise consciousness about a crucial part of the American experience: to involve each reader in self-inquiry. Who, after all, are you? What history brought you to where you are? Why are you different from others?" But the point of such inquiry is civility: "The new ethnic consciousness embodied in this book delights in recognition of subtle differences in the movements of the soul. It is not a call to separatism but to self-consciousness. It does not seek division but rather accurate, mutual appreciation". This new edition contains six new essays by the author, including the acclaimed "Pluralism: A Humanistic Perspective". New, too, is Novak's comprehensive introduction, bringing the argument up to date. Novak describes how and why ethnicity has become a prominent issue in American politics. He also sharply denounces the current ideology of "multiculturalism" as a disfiguration of genuine ethnicity. "Multiculturalism is moved by the eros of Narcissus"; Novak writes, "the new ethnicity is driven by the eros of unrestricted understanding". This new edition adds crucial distinctions for those seeking an intelligent path through such current-day mystifications as "multiculturalism" and "diversity ". Twenty-five years ago, Novak's argument led the way in focusing on families, neighborhoods, and other "mediating institutions" of civil society. It is an argument critical to a realistic sense of national community.