Diversity and Community: An Interdisciplinary Reader

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Philip Alperson
Wiley, Dec 30, 2002 - Philosophy - 366 pages
Diversity and Community: An Interdisciplinary Reader is a collection of essays exploring the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical, and cultural manifestations.

  • A collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical, and cultural manifestations.
  • Discusses the idea of community in its full, cultural context.
  • Deals with issues confronting many diverse groups, including African American, Franco-Canadian, computer-mediated, and gay and lesbian communities.
  • Includes contributions by both eminent schlars and new voices, among them Martha Nussbaum, Jean Bethke Elsthain, D.A. Masolo, Mary Hawkesworth, Lewis Gordon, Maria Lugones, Crispin Sartwell, Duane Champagne, and Frank Cunningham.

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About the author (2002)

Philip Alperson is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. He is the editor of several books including The Philosophy of the Visual Arts (1992), What Is Music? An Introduction to the Philosophy of Music (1994), and Musical Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Music (1998). He is also the editor of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

Bibliographic information

TitleDiversity and Community: An Interdisciplinary Reader
EditorPhilip Alperson
PublisherWiley, 2002
ISBN0631219471, 9780631219477
Length366 pages
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