Cet ouvrage à voix plurielles se place résolument dans une perspective interdisciplinaire. Neuf auteurs de premier plan, oeuvrant sous des horizons diversifiés, se confrontent à la crise actuelle de la démocratie. Une thèse centrale ordonne le travail d'analyse : cette crise tir…
Ìs a plural, polyethnic, democratic society possible? Starting with Ernest Gellner's observation that "culturally plural societies worked well in the past", but "genuine cultural pluralism ceases to be viable under current conditions", this study explores pluralism in three sett…
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he off…