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876494
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Evans, Fred J.,1944-
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The multivoiced body : : society and communication in the age of diversity /\ Fred Evans.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xi, 352 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0231519362
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: 1281607568
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: 6613788279
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: 9780231519366
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: 9781281607560
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: 9786613788276
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0231145004
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9780231145008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-330) and index.
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| Contents
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The age of diversity -- History of the dilemma : cosmos, chaos, chaosmos -- Society as a multivoiced body -- Modernism and subjectivity -- Postmodernism and language -- The primacy of voices -- Communication and an ethics for the age of diversity -- The social unconscious -- Globalization, resistance, and the new solidarity -- Democracy and justice in the multivoiced body.
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| Abstract
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Ethnic cleansing and other methods of political and social exclusion continue to thrive in our globalized world, complicating the idea that unity and diversity can exist in the same society. When we emphasize unity, we sacrifice heterogeneity, yet when we stress diversity, we create a plurality of individuals connected only by tenuous circumstance. As long as we remain tethered to these binaries, as long as we are unable to imagine the sort of society we want in an age of diversity, we cannot achieve an enduring solution to conflicts that continue unabated despite our increasing proxim.
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Intercultural communication.
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Mass media-- Social aspects.
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Multiculturalism.
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Intercultural communication.
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Mass media-- Social aspects.
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Multiculturalism.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Movements-- Deconstruction.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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301
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HM1206.E93 2008eb
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