"The Cunning of Recognition" is an exploration of liberal
multiculturalism from the perspective of Australian indigenous
social life. Elizabeth A. Povinelli argues that the multicultural
legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by
demanding that colonized subjects identify with their colonizers
but by demanding that they identify with an impossible standard of
authentic traditional culture.
Povinelli draws on seventeen years of ethnographic research among
northwest coast indigenous people and her own experience
participating in land claims, as well as on public records, legal
debates, and anthropological archives to examine how multicultural
forms of recognition work to reinforce liberal regimes rather than
to open them up to a true cultural democracy. "The Cunning of
Recognition" argues that the inequity of liberal forms of
multiculturalism arises not from its weak ethical commitment to
difference but from its strongest vision of a new national
cohesion. In the end, Australia is revealed as an exemplary site
for studying the social effects of the liberal multicultural
imaginary: much earlier than the United States and in response to
very different geopolitical conditions, Australian nationalism
renounced the ideal of a unitary European tradition and embraced
cultural and social diversity.
While addressing larger theoretical debates in critical
anthropology, political theory, cultural studies, and liberal
theory, "The Cunning of Recognition" demonstrates that the impact
of the globalization of liberal forms of government can only be
truly understood by examining its concrete--and not just
philosophical--effects on the world.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Politics, History, and Culture |
| Release date: |
July 2002 |
| First published: |
July 2002 |
| Authors: |
Elizabeth A. Povinelli
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
338 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-2868-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8223-2868-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780822328681 |
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