文化多样性及其挑战

Cultural Diversity and Its Challenge

文化多样性概念虽然在理解"他者"的问题上有所助益,但却在一定程度上可以导致人们在对人类自身的认识上趋于另一个极端。通过对相关概念的简要历史分析,文章揭示了文化多样性概念在理解现实中的种族与族群现象时可能存在的紧张。

This article examines the term cultural diversity and the challenge the concept faces. Drawing on the historical development of relevant concepts with regard to human diversity, this article argues that cultural diversity as a term practiced to understand racial and ethnic phenomena may actually produce meaning as racialization of culture.