{"product_id":"the-diversity-principle-by-david-b-oppenheimer-9780300279894","title":"The Diversity Principle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe surprising two-hundred-year history of diversity in education, commerce, and science from the scholar the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e dubbed America's \"diversity detective\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a war on diversity upends government, corporate, and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important. In this contrarian book, David B. Oppenheimer, a diversity skeptic turned diversity admirer, chronicles how diversity became a foundational value of higher education over the last two hundred years, how it evolved as it was adopted in commerce and science, and the implications of the current backlash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe diversity principle—the idea that people with different backgrounds, experiences, identities, and viewpoints produce better work by engaging with one another—was a core tenet of the first modern research university, founded in Germany in 1810. It was the inspiration for John Stuart Mill's \u003cem\u003eOn Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e, a touchstone of academic freedom; a hallmark of Charles Eliot's remaking of Harvard in the late nineteenth century to promote the \"clash of ideas\"; and a foundation of the twentieth-century efforts toward equality of Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Pauli Murray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn telling the story of the diversity principle through the experiences of these and other remarkable thinkers, Oppenheimer argues for affirming diversity as a central value of education and an \"essential ingredient for a robust intellectual and political culture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773163716844,"sku":"9780300279894","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300279894-the-diversity-principle.jpg?v=1782183704","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-diversity-principle-by-david-b-oppenheimer-9780300279894","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}