On Diversity: The Eclipse of the Individual in a Global Era - Hardcover

Jacoby, Russell

 
9781609809799: On Diversity: The Eclipse of the Individual in a Global Era
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1609809793 ISBN 13: 9781609809799
Verlag: Seven Stories Press, 2020

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It could be argued—and esteemed historian of ideas Russell Jacoby does so here—that the less diversity there is, the more we talk about it.

But what does the term actually mean? Where does it come from? What are its intellectual precedents? Moreover, how do we square our recognition of the importance of diversity with the fact that the world is becoming more and more, well, homogeneous? In fine prose and lucid argument, Jacoby puts our volatile present into historical context. Examining diversity (or lack thereof) in language, fashion, childhood experience, political structure, and the history of ideas, Jacoby offers a surprising and penetrating analysis of our cultural moment, and invites his readers to participate in the most dangerous and liberating act: to stop and think.

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Russell Jacoby’s books range in topic from the place of psychology in American society (Social Amnesia: A Critique of Conformist Psychology) to the role of utopian thought (The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in the Age of Apathy) and the origins of violence (Bloodlust: On the Roots of Violence from Cain and Abel to the Present). His The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe introduced into the lexicon the term “public intellectual” and is considered one of the essential texts of American letters. Originally from New York, he has a PhD in history from the University of Rochester, where he worked with Christopher Lasch. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches history at UCLA. In 2017 Jacoby was short-listed for the Times Literary Supplement’s All Authors Must Have Prizes Prize.

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Verlag
Seven Stories Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1609809793
ISBN 13 
9781609809799
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Anzahl der Seiten
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