Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism
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Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism
September 11, 2001 marked a change in Australian attitudes towards immigrants. The spotlight was on Muslims. The essays here look at multiculturalism's successes and failures in providing a secure, well-integrated, free and fair Australia. Raimond Gaita has gathered leading writers to examine an issue that goes to the heart of Australia's identity.
September 11, 2001, marked a change in Australian attitudes towards immigrants. The spotlight was on Muslims. This collection of thought-provoking essays looks at multiculturalism's successes and failures in providing a secure, well-integrated, free, and fair Australia.
Philosopher and writer Raimond Gaita has gathered some of Australia's leading writers in the field to examine an issue that goes to the heart of Australia's identity.
Waleed Aly examines the role that the media has played in anti-Islamic myth-making in popular Western culture. Shakira Hussein looks at how Australia's immigration policy has changed the cultural landscape. Geoffrey Brahm Levey writes on multiculturalism and terror and Raimond Gaita on 'the war on terror'.
Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism challenges readers to reflect on the complexities of an Australian society that strives to be inclusive yet faces significant challenges in achieving true multicultural harmony.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781921656606
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2011
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 193.0mm
Weight: 165g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Raimond Gaita's books include Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Romulus, My Father, A Common Humanity, The Philosopher's Dog, Why the War was Wrong (as editor and contributor) and Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics (Quarterly Essay 16).
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