Theorizing Multiculturalism A Guide to the Current Debate

This wide-ranging anthology of classic and newly-commissioned essays brings together the major theories of multiculturalism from a multiplicity of philosophical perspectives. Although the postmodern critique of grand theory prepared the way for multiculturalism, this same critique has also threatened to leave current research on race, gender, sex, ethnicity, and class without unity or direction. By challenging the impasses of the postmodern critique, this collection serves to explore the very possibility of a grounding work in multiculturalism and diversity without resorting to the foundationalism of traditional philosophy.

The editor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. She teaches courses in ethics, social theory, and contemporary Continental philosophy. Her previous publications include articles in Cultural Critique, Philosophy and Literature, and Research in Phenomenology. She has also published a book, Maternal Ethics and Other Slave Moralities (1995).