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Article: Figured Worlds: Ontological Obstacles in Intercultural Relations.(Book Review)
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- Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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Figured Worlds: Ontological Obstacles in Intercultural Relations. John Clammer, Sylvie Poirier, and Eric Schwimmer, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 200 pp. $60.00 hc.
Figured Worlds begins with the observation that "[c]onflict between cultures is endemic in the modern world" (p. 3). Indeed, it may be argued that conflict between cultures has been an enduring fact of our world since the dawn of human existence. However, what is characteristic of the modern era is the particular genesis and perpetuation of such conflict within the distinctly modern institution of the nation-state. Although policymakers in a liberal democracy may formally profess a ...