Vicki Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicki Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicki |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Democratic Citizenship and the “Crisis in Humanities”
As a consequence of the recent global recession, a new “crisis in the humanities” has been declared, and ideas of how best to defend the humanities have been vigorously debated. Placing this “crisis” in the context of neoliberal reforms to higher education since the 1980s, I examine the argument expounded by Martha Nussbaum that the very foundation of democratic citizenship is at stake. I indicate a number of problems with Nussbaum’s case. First,…
Language, history and the nation: An Historical Approach to Evaluating Language and Cultural Claims
In contrast to the abstract commitment to individual rights found in liberal critics of Bill 101 and the equally ahistorical approach of multicultural theorists like Bhikhu Parekh, this paper proposes that the particular historical circumstances surrounding the current minority status of different groups is crucial in evaluating the legitimacy of one cultural group to promote its cultural needs over another group within existing states. When the …
In Defense of Herder on Cultural Diversity and Interaction
Diversity and unity are pivotal to the thought of the eighteenth-century German philosopher, Johann Gottfried Herder. Yet despite the enormous influence of his thought on the late Isaiah Berlin in the development of his own pluralism and Berlin's urging for those interested in cultural diversity to learn from Herder, many commentators fail to heed Berlin's equal recognition of Herder's radical antidualism. Thus, while an increasing number of theo…
Herder and Nationalism: Reclaiming the Principle of Cultural Respect
Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’
(1997). Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’. Policy, Organisation and Society: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 167-179
Towards an ontology of holistic individualism: Herder's theory of identity, culture and community
In Defense of Herder on Cultural Diversity and Interaction
Diversity and unity are pivotal to the thought of the eighteenth-century German philosopher, Johann Gottfried Herder. Yet despite the enormous influence of his thought on the late Isaiah Berlin in the development of his own pluralism and Berlin's urging for those interested in cultural diversity to learn from Herder, many commentators fail to heed Berlin's equal recognition of Herder's radical antidualism. Thus, while an increasing number of theo…
Language, history and the nation: An Historical Approach to Evaluating Language and Cultural Claims
In contrast to the abstract commitment to individual rights found in liberal critics of Bill 101 and the equally ahistorical approach of multicultural theorists like Bhikhu Parekh, this paper proposes that the particular historical circumstances surrounding the current minority status of different groups is crucial in evaluating the legitimacy of one cultural group to promote its cultural needs over another group within existing states. When the …
Towards an ontology of holistic individualism: Herder's theory of identity, culture and community
Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’
(1997). Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’. Policy, Organisation and Society: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 167-179
Towards an ontology of holistic individualism: Herder's theory of identity, culture and community
Herder and Nationalism: Reclaiming the Principle of Cultural Respect
Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’
(1997). Assimilation and Multiculturalism: The ‘Hanson Phenomenon’. Policy, Organisation and Society: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 167-179
In Defense of Herder on Cultural Diversity and Interaction
Diversity and unity are pivotal to the thought of the eighteenth-century German philosopher, Johann Gottfried Herder. Yet despite the enormous influence of his thought on the late Isaiah Berlin in the development of his own pluralism and Berlin's urging for those interested in cultural diversity to learn from Herder, many commentators fail to heed Berlin's equal recognition of Herder's radical antidualism. Thus, while an increasing number of theo…
Language, history and the nation: An Historical Approach to Evaluating Language and Cultural Claims
In contrast to the abstract commitment to individual rights found in liberal critics of Bill 101 and the equally ahistorical approach of multicultural theorists like Bhikhu Parekh, this paper proposes that the particular historical circumstances surrounding the current minority status of different groups is crucial in evaluating the legitimacy of one cultural group to promote its cultural needs over another group within existing states. When the …
Democratic Citizenship and the “Crisis in Humanities”
As a consequence of the recent global recession, a new “crisis in the humanities” has been declared, and ideas of how best to defend the humanities have been vigorously debated. Placing this “crisis” in the context of neoliberal reforms to higher education since the 1980s, I examine the argument expounded by Martha Nussbaum that the very foundation of democratic citizenship is at stake. I indicate a number of problems with Nussbaum’s case. First,…
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Multiculturalism (2 works)