Bernstein, Richard, 1944-
Dictatorship of Virtue : Multiculturalism and the Battle for America's Future / Richard Bernstein. - 1st ed. - New York : A. A. Knopf, 1994. - 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Multiculturalism - along with its synonym "diversity" - has radically different meanings for two large segments of the American people. The conflict between these groups is now the source of bitter and widespread controversy and confrontation. It has become the issue in the last decade of the twentieth century. Dictatorship of Virtue is a passionate, provocative, and rigorously documented examination of multiculturalism - its noble roots and the abuses and excesses perpetrated in its name." (Book Cover) CONTENTS Prologue Part I DIVERSITY Chapter 1 Elementary Diversity Chapter 2 Places of Memory Chapter 3 Advanced Sensitivity Chapter 4 Notebook Part II REASONS Chapter 5 Otherness in Queens Chapter 6 The search for sin Chapter 7 The secret victory Part III BATTLEGROUNDS Chapter 8 The battle of Brooklin and other struggles over young minds Chapter 9 The battle of Texas EPILOGUE Acknowledgements Index
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Multiculturalism--United States.
Cultural pluralism--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Civilization.
Dictatorship of Virtue : Multiculturalism and the Battle for America's Future / Richard Bernstein. - 1st ed. - New York : A. A. Knopf, 1994. - 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Multiculturalism - along with its synonym "diversity" - has radically different meanings for two large segments of the American people. The conflict between these groups is now the source of bitter and widespread controversy and confrontation. It has become the issue in the last decade of the twentieth century. Dictatorship of Virtue is a passionate, provocative, and rigorously documented examination of multiculturalism - its noble roots and the abuses and excesses perpetrated in its name." (Book Cover) CONTENTS Prologue Part I DIVERSITY Chapter 1 Elementary Diversity Chapter 2 Places of Memory Chapter 3 Advanced Sensitivity Chapter 4 Notebook Part II REASONS Chapter 5 Otherness in Queens Chapter 6 The search for sin Chapter 7 The secret victory Part III BATTLEGROUNDS Chapter 8 The battle of Brooklin and other struggles over young minds Chapter 9 The battle of Texas EPILOGUE Acknowledgements Index
0679411569
93039508
Multiculturalism--United States.
Cultural pluralism--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Civilization.