Communication, Conflict, and Reconciliation

This volume brings together current work on race and racism in an effort to explain why differences of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, class, ability, age, and sexual orientation still serve as barriers to equality and universal respect despite efforts to promote equal opportunity or redress legacies of past oppression. Unlike many recent English language titles dealing with race, this collection is not exclusively focused on the problems of racism in the US. There are essays exploring post-Apartheid South Africa, as well as ethnic identity and nationalism in the Baltic countries and Canada. Also included is theoretical work on the nature of social identity, problems of essentialism and identity politics, and the key social ingredients in human dignity—mutual recognition, trust, and self-respect. While the ideal of universal respect for human dignity is certainly admirable, these papers argue that it cannot be achieved by simply ignoring the realities of discrimination, privilege, and oppression.Hughes, Cheryl is the author of 'Communication, Conflict, and Reconciliation' with ISBN 9781889680231 and ISBN 1889680230.