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Book SynopsisChallenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. This book presents evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations.
Trade Review"Insightful... Etzioni is always thoughtful and deliberate."--Publishers Weekly "Etzioni's liberal communitarianism addresses a serious problem, namely how to arrest the atomisation of modern societies and improve the quality not only of citizenship but of life in general."--Bhikhu Parekh, Times Higher Education Supplement "Written in an uncomplicated style, The Monochrome Society is a significant contribution."--Sean Donlon, Sunday Independent (Dublin) "A series of absorbing and significant reflections on how virtue-sustaining communities may be possible under modern conditions that, at first glance, seem stacked against them ... A robust defense of communitarianism..."--Jonathan Marks, The Responsive Community "A readable collection of essays ... Sometimes diffuse, more often enlightening: essays that make good individual points and together form a social philosophy worth considering."--Kirkus Reviews "Even readers unsympathetic with communitarian ideas will find these well-thought-out and well-written essays thought provoking."--Library Journal
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction xiii I. The Monochrome Society 3 II. Is Shaming Shameful? 37 III. The Post-Affluent Society 48 IV. Can Virtual Communities be Real? with Oren Etzioni 79 V. Suffer the Children 102 VI. Holidays: The Neglected Seedbeds of Virtue 113 VII. Salem without Witches 141 VIII. Social Norms: The Rubicon of Social Science 163 IX. Why the Civil Society Is Not Good Enough 186 X. Virtue and the State: A Dialogue between a Communitarian and a Social Conservative with Robert P. George 207 XI. Restoring the Moral Voice 221 XII. Cross-Cultural Moral Judgments 232 XIII. Stakeholders versus Shareholders 246 Notes 261 Index 299
