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Strange Multiplicity:Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity:1 (The Seeley Lectures, Series Number 1)
by: James Tully (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Illustrated edition (6 Sept. 1991)
Language: English
Paperback:272 pages
ISBN-10: 0521476941
ISBN-13: 9780521476942
Book Description
In the inaugural set of Seeley Lectures, the distinguished political philosopher James Tully addresses the demands for cultural recognition that constitute the major conflicts of today:supranational associations, nationalism and federalism, linguistic and ethnic minorities, feminism, multiculturalism and aboriginal self government. Neither modern nor post-modern constitutionalism can adjudicate such claims justly. However, by surveying 400 years of constitutional practice, with special attention to the American aboriginal peoples, Tully develops a new philosophy of constitutionalism based on dialogues of conciliation which, he argues, have the capacity to mediate contemporary conflicts and bring peace to the twenty-first century. Strange Multiplicity brings profound historical, critical and philosophical perspectives to our most pressing contemporary conflicts, and provides an authoritative guide to constitutional possibilities in a multicultural age.
