The twilight of Britain : cultural nationalism, multiculturalism, and the politics of toleration
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書誌事項
The twilight of Britain : cultural nationalism, multiculturalism, and the politics of toleration
(Social policy and social theory series)
Transaction Publishers, c2002
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  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
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  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-380) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"Betts is to be commended on his careful and insightful elucidation of the complex and novel sets of dilemnas now facing the British people at a time of superficial calm masking serious divisions."--Albion
The erosion of British sovereignty, national identity and culture, the subversion of its history and traditions, and the demoralization of its institutions and public services, are a source of increasing unease to many. The process began, Betts argues, with the end of the colonial empires. Since the beginning of the last decade, concern about the consequences has been heightened by global instability. The demise of the Communist empire, the rise of national independence movements, and the eruption of long standing and bitter ethno-national conflicts have resulted in a mass migration of economic refugees and asylum seekers to Britain and other Western nations.
In Britain, public attitudes are ambivalent. In part this is a consequence of the promotion of the myth of the multiracial Commonwealth, the regional devolution of the United Kingdom, and the transition from a European Economic Union into a politically federalized European super-state. Britain's national interests have become secondary to those of the United Nations and an inchoate and unwilling international community. Influenced by an outmoded UN Convention on Refugees and the lack of a consistent immigration policy and failure of those immigration controls that do exist, gradual but major political, social, and cultural shifts have occurred without the express consent of the majority of the British electorate. Virtually all public debate by the government and by politicians on these issues has been taboo, effectively silenced by fear of being accused of xenophobia, discrimination, and racism. The result is cynicism and disenchantment with the political process as a whole.
Betts's objective is to promote responsible and informed discussion of these issues. In the absence of this, he warns, we risk the twilight of a harmonious British society, diminished pride in British institutions and national identity, and competing and conflicting separatist ethnic, racial, and cultural claims. Twilight of Britain will be of interest to general readers, those interested in modern Britain and Europe, as well as sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers.
G. Gordon Betts was educated in the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham, Greenwich, and Kent at Canterbury. He is a chartered chemical engineer, having spent his professional career with a major British oil company in the petrochemical industry.
目次
- 1: Introduction and the Principal Propositions
- 2: Culture and the Appeal of Culturalism
- 3: The Convergence of Race, Culture, Ethnicity, Class, and Identity
- 4: Relativism: Cultural, Moral, and Political
- 5: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Identity
- 6: The Multicultural Threat
- 7: Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Nationalism
- 8: The Appeal of Nationhood and Kinship
- 9: The Nation-State, Sovereignty, and the European Union
- 10: The Obligation of Loyalty and Patriotism
- 11: The Re-Emergence of Ethno-National Conflicts
- 12: The Education and Understanding Fallacy
- 13: The Fiction of Global Idealism, Cosmopolitanism, and the United Nations
- 14: The Misappropriation of Universal Human Rights
- 15: Global Migration and Refugees
- 16: The Failure of Immigration Control
- 17: Prejudice, Stereotyping, Victimhood, and the Culture of Complaint
- 18: Racial Intolerance and Reverse Racism
- 19: Positive Discrimination and the Equality Paradox
- 20: Cultural Assimilation or Separatist Ghettoisation
- 21: Freedom of Speech, Social Censorship, and Political Correctness
- 22: Freedom of Religion and its Misuse
- 23: Toleration and the Demise of the Anglican Church
- 24: Toleration, Human Nature, and Distancing
- 25: Toleration and its Features
- 26: Toleration as a Moral Virtue and its Limits
- 27: Pragmatism and the Politics of Negotiation
- 28: Cultural Nationalism and Multiculturalism Revisited
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