LEADER 02955cam 2200457 i 4500001 on1102808102 003 OCoLC 005 20200411143549.8 008 200229s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 2019056483 020 9781609809799 |qhardcover 020 1609809793 |qhardcover 020 |z9781609809805 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) 40029926282 035 40029926282 035 (OCoLC)1102808102 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dTOH |dNRC |dYDXIT |dYDX |dOCLCO |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 HM1271 |b.J34 2020 082 00 305.800973 |223 100 1 Jacoby, Russell, |eauthor. |=^A64807 245 10 On diversity : |bthe eclipse of the individual in a global era / |cRussell Jacoby. 264 1 New York, NY : |bSeven Stories Press, |c[2020] 300 ix, 229 pages ; |c22 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 505 0 The myth of diversity -- "A diversity crisis!" : sneakers, species, and speech -- Playing with diversity -- Diversity and its vicissitudes : across the centuries -- Diversity and its vicissitudes : the modern period. 520 "Diversity. You've heard the term everywhere--in the news, in the universities, at the television awards shows. Maybe even in the corporate world, where diversity initiatives have become de rigueur. But what does the term actually mean? Where does it come from? What are its intellectual precedents? Moreover, how do we square our love affair with diversity with the fact that the world seems to be becoming more and more, well, homogeneous? With a lucid, straightforward prose that rises above the noise, one of America's greatest intellectual gadflies, Russell Jacoby, takes these questions squarely on. Discussing diversity (or lack thereof) in language, fashion, childhood experience, political structure, and the history of ideas, Jacoby offers in plain language a surprising and penetrating analysis of our cultural moment. In an age where our public thinkers seem to be jumping over one another to have the latest correct opinion, Jacoby offers a most dangerous, and liberating, injunction: to stop and think"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 Cultural pluralism |zUnited States. |=^A138444 650 0 Individualism |zUnited States. |=^A273796 650 0 Social systems. |=^A6577 650 0 Globalization |xSocial aspects |zUnited States. |=^A464469 776 08 |iOnline version:Jacoby, Russell. |tOn diversity |dNew York : Seven Stories Press, [2020] |z9781609809805 |w(DLC) 2019056484 949 |i30372017366805 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s25.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5489337