How Culture Misdirects Multiculturalism
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- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- Vol. 24 (2) , 99-115
Abstract
In the ongoing debates over whether, or what sort of, multiculturalismshould be curricularly provided, the origin, evolution, and rhetorical function of the basic termculturehas been unwisely neglected. Having been accepted as a key term of anthropological discourse, the term conveys sufficient authority to misdirect political‐educational energies. Viewing humanity historically, it is sounder to think in terms of anecumene,and educationally, to return to the notion ofculturing.Keywords
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