Diversity as liberation (II) : introducing a new understanding of diversity /

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Author / Creator:Rodriguez, Amardo.
Imprint:Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, c2003.
Description:xviii, 166 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Hampton Press communication series. Communication alternatives
Hampton Press communication series. Communication alternatives.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4869683
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ISBN:1572733543 (alk. paper)
1572733551 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Narrative
  • 2. The Nature of Civility
  • The Construction of Otherness
  • Homogeneity and Otherness
  • Institutional Beings
  • The Nature of Dialogue
  • Politics, Ethics, Economics and Aesthetics
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • 3. The Nature of Language
  • Universal Grammar
  • Modes & Rheomodes
  • Primitive Peoples and Primitive Languages
  • Different Cultures, Different Perceptions, Different Expectations
  • Language and Diversity
  • Reductionism, Holism, and Communication
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • 4. Diversity as Life
  • Criticisms and Complaints
  • Objectivity and Subjectivity
  • Tribalism and Symbolism
  • Diversity and Devolution
  • Technology and Homogeneity
  • The Nature of Assimilation
  • The Nature of Toleration
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • 5. On Ways of Being
  • Our Spiritual Quest
  • Our Meaning Quest
  • Language and Communication
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index