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Accessible, fascinating, and thought-provoking, this is the groundbreaking story of the global search for moral truths In this remarkable book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophers, and breathes life into their ideas, while also challenging many of our most cherished mor...

Delves into the heated debates around race, identity, and culture to challenge who benefits most when anti-racists speak in racial terms.

Wie kann eine progressive Antwort auf die drängenden Fragen von Einwanderung und Integration jenseits gescheiterter Multikulti-Romantik und rechter Abschottungssehnsüchte aussehen? In Das Unbehagen in den Kulturen formuliert der britische Publizist Kenan Malik eine fundierte Kritik sowohl des Multikulturalismus als auch der Argumente seiner rechten Gegner. Der Essay ist zugleich ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für die universellen Werte der Au...

In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. Arguing that the concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come to understand the relationship between humanity, society and nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment thought and racial discourse, clarifies the nature of scientific racism, and presents a critique of postmodern theories of ...

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New critical perspectives on Salman Rushdie's fiction and non-fiction by leading scholars.

An exploration of the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, telling the stories of the great philosophers and breathing life into their ideas, while challenging some of our most cherished moral beliefs.

Today, race seems to be both everywhere and nowhere. There still exists a general abhorrence about discriminating between people according to their race. And yet, people are continually categorized according to their race--Afro- Caribbean, white, Jewish--though we often have difficulty in defining just what race is. Everything from criminality to the entrepreneurial spirit is given a racial connotation--witness stereotypes of black muggers or ...

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Looks closely at the role of multiculturalism within terrorism and societal discontent. This title not only explores the relationship between multiculturalism and terrorism, but it analyzes the history of the idea of multiculturalism alongside its political roots and social consequences.

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The debate about race is back-and with a vengeance.

La nostra società celebra le differenze, il pluralismo, l'identità politica. Anzi, li ritiene caratteristiche emblematiche di una democrazia progressista e moderna. Tuttavia negli ultimi anni si è diffusa una certa diffidenza verso il multiculturalismo. Dopo l'11 settembre e l'escalation del terrorismo islamista, è sorto un intenso dibattito sul grado di diversità che le nazioni occidentali possono tollerare. In "Il multiculturalismo e i suoi ...

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