02168nam a2200217 i 4500008004100000020001500041020001500056020001800071040000800089050002400097100002000121245005300141260004900194300001100243505038900254505001700643505001500660520119600675650001301871856006601884171128s2007            ob    000 0 eng d  a0691129444  a1400827736  a9780691141152  aSDU00aHQ1161bP544 M 20071 aPhillips, Anne.10aMulticulturalism without culturecAnne Phillips.  a[S.l.] :bPrinceton University Press,c2007.  a215 p.0 aMulticulturalism without culture -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Multiculturalism without Culture -- Chapter Two: Between Culture and Cosmos -- Chapter Three: What's Wrong with Cultural Defence? -- Chapter Four: Autonomy, Coercion, and Constraint -- Chapter Five: Exit and Voice -- Chapter Six: Multiculturalism without Groups? -- Bibliography -- Index.0 aHKBU library0 aYT2025 M093 a  Public opinion in recent years has soured on multiculturalism, due in large part to fears of radical Islam. In Multiculturalism without Culture, Anne Phillips contends that critics misrepresent culture as the explanation of everything individuals from minority and non-Western groups do. She puts forward a defense of multiculturalism that dispenses with notions of culture, instead placing individuals themselves at its core.  Multiculturalism has been blamed for encouraging the oppression of women--forced marriages, female genital cutting, school girls wearing the hijab. Many critics opportunistically deploy gender equality to justify the retreat from multiculturalism, hijacking the equality agenda to perpetuate cultural stereotypes. Phillips informs her argument with the feminist insistence on recognizing women as agents, and defends her position using an unusually broad range of literature, including political theory, philosophy, feminist theory, law, and anthropology. She argues that critics and proponents alike exaggerate the unity, distinctness, and intractability of cultures, thereby encouraging a perception of men and women as dupes constrained by cultural dictates. 0aFeminism40uhttp://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0000336.html