Horace M. Kallen's Use of Evolutionary Theory in Support of American Jews and Democracy
This article examines the rhetorical deployment of Darwinian natural selection by the Jewish social philosopher Horace M. Kallen (1882-1974), in what is now widely regarded as the first articulation of cultural pluralism, Democracy versus the Melting-Pot (1915). My analysis proceeds in two steps....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 922-942 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kallen, Horace Meyer 1882-1974
/ Theory of evolution
/ USA
/ Jews
/ Multi-cultural society
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BH Judaism |
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Horace Kallen
B Social Darwinism B American Jews B Judaism and science B Natural Selection |
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