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Subject(s)

• Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974—Influence [Browse]
• Locke, Alain, 1885-1954—Influence [Browse]
• Cultural pluralism—United States—History—20th century [Browse]

Summary note

"An American Friendship narrates the development of cultural pluralism, an idea that emerged in the early twentieth century to explain and shape American diversity, as told through the unlikely friendship of two philosophers, Jewish immigrant and Zionist leader Horace Kallen, and African American Alain Locke, intellectual godfather of the Harlem Renaissance"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-239) and index.

Contents

Introduction: What difference does the difference make? Cultural pluralism as friendship -- From Berenstadt to Boston -- The talented among the tenth -- Locke and Kallen, student and teacher -- American pluralists, friends at Oxford -- The Plural is political -- Plural in culture, universal in religion -- Friendship rekindled, pluralism refined -- Locke's legacy, Kallen's memory -- Conclusion: Differences made.

ISBN

• 9781501763090 ((hardcover))
• 1501763091

LCCN

2021052349

OCLC

1260291858

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