Cultural Identity and Political Ethics

by Paul Gilbert

Book Overview

Today, people's cultural identities are increasingly invoked in support of political claims, and these claims commonly lead to acrimony and violence. But what is 'cultural identity', and what is its political significance? This book offers a provocatively sceptical answer to these questions. Tracing the idea back to the now largely discredited notion of national character, it argues that cultural identity is no deep going feature of individual psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748623884
• ISBN13: 9780748623884
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher