FROM HOMOGENEITY TO DIFFERENCE? COMPARING MULTICULTURALISM AS A DESCRIPTION AND A FIELD FOR CLAIM-MAKING

In 1983, in typically Parisian manner, J. F. Lyotard claimed that redistributive conflict had gone out of fashion, with the focus of postmodern conflict revolving increasingly less around issues of resource allocation. Contemporary societies were having to deal with le différend, with horizontal con...

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Published inMulticultural Challenge Vol. 22; pp. 263 - 285
Main Author Sciortino, Giuseppe
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2003
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Summary:In 1983, in typically Parisian manner, J. F. Lyotard claimed that redistributive conflict had gone out of fashion, with the focus of postmodern conflict revolving increasingly less around issues of resource allocation. Contemporary societies were having to deal with le différend, with horizontal conflicts rooted in heterogeneous languages, instances, and rules. The concern and claims of one group could not be understood within the languages of the other (Belohradski, 1990; Lyotard, 1983).
ISBN:0762310642
9780762310647
ISSN:0195-6310
DOI:10.1016/S0195-6310(03)22010-X