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Explorations in Difference Law, Culture, and Politics
266 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1996, Explorations in Difference explores how contemporary debates over identity and difference come into play within the workings of cultural, legal, and political institutions. The book brings together a variety of perspectives on the meanings and implications of difference in the context of postmodern theory. It is divided into two parts: ‘Theoretical Accounts’, which... Read more
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Theoretical Accounts: No Montagues without Capulets: Some Thoughts on 'Cultural Identity', Ross Chambers; Reconceiving Rights as Relationship, Jenifer Nedelsky; Enlightened Pursuits: Truth-Seeking Discourse and Postmodern Scepticism, Christopher Norris; Some Disquiet about 'Difference', Christine Sypnowich; Instances: Pertaining to Connection: Abortion and Feminist Legal Theory, Sheila Noonan; When Legal Cultures Collide, Richard F. Devlin; Rights and Spirit Dancing: Aboriginal Peoples versus the Canadian State, Claude Denis; Rewriting the Enlightenment: Allegory and Trauerspiel in Alejo Carpentier's El Siglo de las luces, Pamela McCallum
Biography
Jonathan Hart and Richard W. Bauman
