Diversity and Community An Interdisciplinary Reader [Paperback]

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• 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.

Preface.

Introduction: Diversity and Community: Philip Alperson (Temple University).

Part I: Community and Its Contestations:.

1. Communities and Community: Critique and Retrieval: Jean Bethke Elsthain (University of Chicago) and Christopher Beem (Johnson Foundation).

2. Community at the Margin: Crispin Sartwell (Maryland Institute College of Art).

3. Impure Communities: Maria Lugones (SUNY-Binghampton).

4. Identities: The Dynamical Dimensions of Diversity: Chuck Dyke (Temple University) and Carl Dyke (Methodist College).

5. From Village to Global Contexts: Ideas, Types, and the Making of Communities: D. A. Masolo (University of Louisville).

6. Obligation Across Generations: A Consideration in the Understanding of Community Formation: Lewis R. Gordon (Brown University).