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This book describes what an "art of multiculturalism" could be and how in turn multiculturalism could be conceived as a form of art. It focuses on the early and middle work of Indian-born U.S. writer Bharati Mukherjee, in particular on her understanding of the "fusion" of literature and painting as a tool to inspire the creation of a "new global society" by empowering minorities through fostering and multiplying "differences in unity" and "unities in difference". The book includes, in condensed ways, an explanation of Mukherjee's use of ancient Indian painting techniques for postmodern writing; and it provides a short introduction to the relation between multiculturalism, postmodernity and "imaginal politics". The book is written in an easy to read style accessible to all interested in the topic: high school and university students and teachers; those generally interested in the interface between literature, the arts and politics; and specialists in multicultural studies and global and international studies. The book is particularly suited to use in teaching.
List of contents
Foreword: Chiara Bottici.- Preface; Bo Stråth.- The Western Global: Lands dof Difference - Lands of Building?.- Evolving the Time-Space Through the Hybridization of Art, Literature, Architecture, Transformation Design and Complexity Science.- A 400-Year Old Legacy: The Traditional Locality and Its Interrelation with Globalized ''Hybrid'' Frameworks.- Setting the Example for Imaginal Politics Through Art, Techniques and Procedures to Integrate Mukherjee's Indian Legacy with Western Post Modernity.- Mukherjee's 20th Century Source: Pop Art of the 1960s: A Similar Inspiration, 400 Years After the Moghuls.- Mukherjee and the Future of Multiculturalism as ''Imaginal Politics''.- Conclusion.
About the author
James Giordano is the Pellegrino Center Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program, and Co-Director of the Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Giordano is also Senior Bioethicist of the US Department of Defense Medical Ethics Center and Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. His ongoing research addresses the mechanisms and treatment of neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders, and neuroethical issues arising in and from the development, use, and misuse of neuroscientific techniques and neurotechnologies in medicine, public life, global health, and military applications. He has authored over 350 peer-reviewed papers, 8 books, and 50 government reports in neuroscience, neuroethics, and biosecurity. He is Chair Emeritus of the Neuroethics Program of the IEEE Brain Project; and an elected member of the European Academy of Science and Arts.
Roland Benedikter is Co-Head of the Center for Advanced Studies of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy; UNESCO Chair in Interdisciplinary Anticipation and Global-Local Transformation, Paris, France; and Ordinary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Benedikter's research interests include big picture topics such as humanity, inter- and trans-disciplinary societal transformation, futures literacy, globalization & area studies, re-globalization and evolution of global institutions, glocalization, new human technologies, and man-machine convergence. He is author and editor of more than 300 publications and over 25 books on international and global strategic issues.
John R. Shook teaches philosophy at Bowie State University in Maryland, USA and Georgetown University in Washington D.C., USA. He has been a visiting fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University in Virginia, USA and the Center for Neurotechnology Studies of the Potomac Institute for Public Policy in Virginia, USA. Dr. Shook's primary research areas include philosophy of science, pragmatism, philosophical psychology, neurophilosophy, social neuroscience, moral psychology, neuroethics, and science-religion dialogue. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books and dozens of articles in academic journals.
Summary
This book describes what an “art of multiculturalism” could be and how in turn multiculturalism could be conceived as a form of art. It focuses on the early and middle work of Indian-born U.S. writer Bharati Mukherjee, in particular on her understanding of the “fusion” of literature and painting as a tool to inspire the creation of a “new global society” by empowering minorities through fostering and multiplying “differences in unity” and “unities in difference”. The book includes, in condensed ways, an explanation of Mukherjee’s use of ancient Indian painting techniques for postmodern writing; and it provides a short introduction to the relation between multiculturalism, postmodernity and “imaginal politics”. The book is written in an easy to read style accessible to all interested in the topic: high school and university students and teachers; those generally interested in the interface between literature, the arts and politics; and specialists in multicultural studies and global and international studies. The book is particularly suited to use in teaching.
