Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds
Autor Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysacen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 mar 2012
In
a
world
replete
with
stories
of
sectarian
violence,
we
are
often
left
wondering:
Are
there
places
where
people
of
different
ethnicities,
especially
with
significant
Muslim
minorities,
live
in
peace?
If
so,
why
haven't
we
heard
more
about
them,
and
what
explains
their
success?
To
answer
these
questions,
Karl
Meyer
and
Shareen
Brysac
undertook
a
two-year
exploration
of
oases
of
civility,
places
notable
for
minimal
violence,
rising
life-expectancy,
high
literacy,
and
pragmatic
compromises
on
cultural
rights.
They
explored
the
Indian
state
of
Kerala,
the
Russian
republic
of
Tatarstan,
the
city
of
Marseille
in
France,
the
city
of
Flensburg,
Germany,
and
the
borough
of
Queens,
New
York.
Through
scores
of
interviews,
they
document
ways
and
means
that
have
proven
successful
in
defusing
ethnic
tensions.
This
pathbreaking
book
elegantly
blends
political
history,
sociology,
anthropology,
and
journalism,
to
provide
big
ideas
for
peace.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781586488291
ISBN-10: 1586488295
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: none
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1586488295
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: none
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Karl
E.
Meyer,
a
Princeton
PhD,
served
onThe
New
York
Timeseditorial
board,
and
previously
was
a
foreign
correspondent
and
editorial
writer
onThe
Washington
Post.
He
is
author
of
a
dozen
books
includingDust
of
Empire,
and
is
emeritus
editor
of
theWorld
Policy
Journal.Shareen
Blair
Brysacwas
a
prize-winning
documentary
producer
for
CBS
News
and
is
author
ofResisting
Hitler:
Mildred
Fish
Harnack
and
the
Red
Orchestra.
Together
they
wroteTournament
of
ShadowsandKingmakers:
The
Invention
of
the
Modern
Middle
East.
The
couple
live
in
New
York
City
and
Weston,
Connecticut.
Recenzii
Winnipeg
Free
Press
“This informative look at successful immigration hubs worldwide explores what New York-based American academics Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac call ‘oases of civility.'… it is not overburdened by specialized jargon or turgid academic prose. Non-specialists in the social sciences will find it accessible and, because of the breadth of the subject matter, containing much food for thought.”
Queens Gazette
“[It] elegantly blends political history, sociology, anthropology and journalism, to provide big ideas for peace…. Pax Ethnica dares to look at one of the world's seemingly most intractable problems from a new perspective that is fresh and innovative.”
Toronto Globe & Mail
“An interesting and encouraging glimpse into five cases where diversity seems to succeed.”
Washington Post
Robert G. Kaiser, author ofSo Damn Much Money
“Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac call themselves independent scholars, but they are also old-fashioned, shoe-leather reporters, and it is the combination of scholarly sensibilities and reportorial enthusiasm that makes their book such a delight. They started with a smart idea about the importance of multi-ethnic communities that thrive, then tested it against the realities of five such communities from Queens in New York to Kerala in India. The result is an engaging, provocative and satisfying book on one of the most important topics of our time.”
Donald W Shriver, President Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York
“By identifying five vibrant, diverse communities around the world whose ‘get along,' this book demonstrates that a pluralistic human society is no mere dream. If it has happened in those five places, it must be possible elsewhere.”
Barbara Crossette, author ofSo Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
“In an age of ethnic strife, this inspired and prescient book takes readers to places where good people and good policies make peace prevail, in five regions as different as India's Kerala state and New York City's borough of Queens, perhaps the most multicultural place on earth. Diversity is the global future, and Pax Ethnicalays out some proven pathways to successful coexistence.”
Jonathan Power
“In their new book,Pax Ethnica, two great journalists, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac, argue that day in and day out ethnic conflict and tension along religious and cultural lines makes for reliable, if dispiriting, headlines. Journalists regularly play plenty of attention to failed states, sectarian violence and societies at the breaking point. But what about those unsung exceptions, the communities of the world where diverse groups live together in harmony?... One can't be quite so pessimistic about the world's divisions if one studies these five examples. Why don't the media focus more on what works?
“This informative look at successful immigration hubs worldwide explores what New York-based American academics Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac call ‘oases of civility.'… it is not overburdened by specialized jargon or turgid academic prose. Non-specialists in the social sciences will find it accessible and, because of the breadth of the subject matter, containing much food for thought.”
Queens Gazette
“[It] elegantly blends political history, sociology, anthropology and journalism, to provide big ideas for peace…. Pax Ethnica dares to look at one of the world's seemingly most intractable problems from a new perspective that is fresh and innovative.”
Toronto Globe & Mail
“An interesting and encouraging glimpse into five cases where diversity seems to succeed.”
Washington Post
Robert G. Kaiser, author ofSo Damn Much Money
“Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac call themselves independent scholars, but they are also old-fashioned, shoe-leather reporters, and it is the combination of scholarly sensibilities and reportorial enthusiasm that makes their book such a delight. They started with a smart idea about the importance of multi-ethnic communities that thrive, then tested it against the realities of five such communities from Queens in New York to Kerala in India. The result is an engaging, provocative and satisfying book on one of the most important topics of our time.”
Donald W Shriver, President Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York
“By identifying five vibrant, diverse communities around the world whose ‘get along,' this book demonstrates that a pluralistic human society is no mere dream. If it has happened in those five places, it must be possible elsewhere.”
Barbara Crossette, author ofSo Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
“In an age of ethnic strife, this inspired and prescient book takes readers to places where good people and good policies make peace prevail, in five regions as different as India's Kerala state and New York City's borough of Queens, perhaps the most multicultural place on earth. Diversity is the global future, and Pax Ethnicalays out some proven pathways to successful coexistence.”
Jonathan Power
“In their new book,Pax Ethnica, two great journalists, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac, argue that day in and day out ethnic conflict and tension along religious and cultural lines makes for reliable, if dispiriting, headlines. Journalists regularly play plenty of attention to failed states, sectarian violence and societies at the breaking point. But what about those unsung exceptions, the communities of the world where diverse groups live together in harmony?... One can't be quite so pessimistic about the world's divisions if one studies these five examples. Why don't the media focus more on what works?
Kirkus
“A good-news book, based on serious research, about how traditionally hostile groups can overcome differences to live in harmony…. The authors on-the-ground reporting is impressive, especially given the built-in language barriers…. A skillful rendering of an inspiring message.”
Victor S. Navasky
“Given the clashing creeds, cultures and ethnicities that plague our planet, is peace possible? It's hard to imagine a more thoughtful and creative, attempt to answer this question than the original, surprising and sophisticated case studies (‘sane oases in a fanatic world') that Meyer and Brysac provide in thoughtful and accessible prose, in this oddly reassuring book.”
Robert Jay Lifton, author ofWitness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir
“After reading this book one will forever question the shibboleth of unyielding ‘ancient hatreds' and recognize that thoughtful leadership and wise policies can turn ethnic diversity into tolerable and tolerated coexistence.Pax Ethnicawill take its place among original social and historical works in our time.”
“A good-news book, based on serious research, about how traditionally hostile groups can overcome differences to live in harmony…. The authors on-the-ground reporting is impressive, especially given the built-in language barriers…. A skillful rendering of an inspiring message.”
Victor S. Navasky
“Given the clashing creeds, cultures and ethnicities that plague our planet, is peace possible? It's hard to imagine a more thoughtful and creative, attempt to answer this question than the original, surprising and sophisticated case studies (‘sane oases in a fanatic world') that Meyer and Brysac provide in thoughtful and accessible prose, in this oddly reassuring book.”
Robert Jay Lifton, author ofWitness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir
“After reading this book one will forever question the shibboleth of unyielding ‘ancient hatreds' and recognize that thoughtful leadership and wise policies can turn ethnic diversity into tolerable and tolerated coexistence.Pax Ethnicawill take its place among original social and historical works in our time.”