The science of diversity / Mona Sue Weissmark.

"Using a multidisciplinary approach, The Science of Diversity reveals the theories, principles, and paradigms that illuminate people's understanding of the issues surrounding human diversity, social equality, and justice. Noted psychologist and educator Dr. Mona Weissmark assembles a rich...

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Main Author: Weissmark, Mona Sue (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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520 |a "Using a multidisciplinary approach, The Science of Diversity reveals the theories, principles, and paradigms that illuminate people's understanding of the issues surrounding human diversity, social equality, and justice. Noted psychologist and educator Dr. Mona Weissmark assembles a rich array of research from anthropology, biology, religious studies, and the social sciences to write a scholarly diorama of diversity. This book contextualizes diversity historically, tracing the evolution of ideas about "the other" and about "we" and "them" to various forms of social organization-from the "hunter-gather," face-to-face, shared resource model to the anomie of megacities. Moreover, it explicates the concept of diversity, analyzing its meaning over time, place, and polity-from ancient Greece to the time of Donald Trump, from biblical parables to United Nations pronouncements. Ultimately, drawing on the author's groundbreaking research work with the children of Nazis and the children of holocaust survivors, the book suggests that one potential antidote to ethnic strife lies in the pursuit of Immanuel Kant's mandate, sapere aude (dare to know), combined with the development of compassion"--  |c Provided by publisher 
505 0 |a Cover -- Half Title -- The Science of Diversity -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Is Diversity? -- 2. The Self -- 3. Categorizing -- 4. Judging -- 5. Diversity and Relationships -- 6. Diversity and Groups -- 7. Diversity and Social Justice -- 8. Diversity and Ethnic Conflicts -- 9. Diversity and Nations -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Figure Credit Lines -- Index. 
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