Living with Difference by Adam B Seligman

Living with Difference by Adam B Seligman

Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges and necessities of accommodating difference, however difficult and uncomfortable such accommodation may be. Drawing on fourteen years of theoretical insights and unique pedagogy, CEDAR-Communities Engaging with Difference and Religion-has worked internationally with community leaders, activists, and other partners to take the insights of anthropology out of the classroom and into the world. Rather than addressing conflict by emphasizing what is shared, Living with Difference argues for the centrality of difference in creating community, seeking ways not to overcome or deny differences but to live with and within them in a self-reflective space and practice. This volume also includes a manual for organizers to implement CEDAR's strategies in their own communities.

An inspiring book which advocates a challenging new approach of how to act and live together in ethnically diverse communities.. Offers an attractive vision of how to increase tolerance. Ethnic and Racial Studies

Adam B. Seligman is Director of CEDAR and Professor of Religion at Boston University. Rahel R. Wasserfall is Director of Training and Evaluation for CEDAR and a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. David W. Montgomery is Director of Program Development for CEDAR.

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ISBN 13	9780520284111
ISBN 10	0520284119
Title	Living with Difference
Author	Adam B Seligman
Series	California Series In Public Anthropology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2016-01-12
Number of pages	232
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