Description |
1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction: What difference does the difference make? Cultural pluralism as friendship -- From Berenstadt to Boston -- The talented among the tenth -- Locke and Kallen, student and teacher -- American pluralists, friends at Oxford -- The Plural is political -- Plural in culture, universal in religion -- Friendship rekindled, pluralism refined -- Locke's legacy, Kallen's memory -- Conclusion: Differences made |
Summary |
"An American Friendship narrates the development of cultural pluralism, an idea that emerged in the early twentieth century to explain and shape American diversity, as told through the unlikely friendship of two philosophers, Jewish immigrant and Zionist leader Horace Kallen, and African American Alain Locke, intellectual godfather of the Harlem Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
identity politics, origins of multiculturalism, zionism in the harlem renaissance, black-jewish relations, American pragmatist philosophers |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2022) |
Subject |
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 -- Influence
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Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 -- Influence
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SUBJECT |
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 -- Influence
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Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 -- Influence
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Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 fast |
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Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 fast |
Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / Jewish
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Cultural pluralism
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021052350 |
ISBN |
9781501763113 |
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1501763113 |
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9781501763106 |
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1501763105 |
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