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Can someone or preferably the several different people who have used the term explain what they call 'essentialism' and / or 'cultural essentialism'? There is more than one possible meaning for the term and it does make quite a difference - at least to my attitude towards it. Bruce Robinson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Cole" <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu> To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:11 PM Subject: re cultural essentialism > > Rik Pinxten's new book, which will be reviewed by Hirschfeld for MCA, > is about the European rascists are adopting a cultural essentialist > ideology since old fashioned rascism became more difficult )(apparently, > this is news to me) to sustain. Then this article came across my screen. > For them what's interested. > mike > > This article, "The Contradictions of Cultural Conservatism in > the Assault on American Colleges," is available online at this > address: > > http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=mgnmpulexp5qsqr0qx0pxz0d7w08v7bi > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.677 / Virus Database: 439 - Release Date: 04/05/2004