Conceptions of Culture

Thomas E. Wren is professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, where he directs the graduate program in social philosophy. He holds graduate degrees in education and English literature as well as philosophy and has published extensively on moral education and other educational themes. He is on the editorial boards of Theory and Research in Education and The Journal of Moral Education.

• Preface Chapter 1. Defining Culture and Multicultural Education: How To Do It, and Why Chapter 2. The Concept of Culture in the Social SciencesChapter 3. Topical, Structural, and Functional Conceptions of Culture in the Professional Literature of Multicultural Education Chapter 4. Historical, Normative, and Behavioral Conceptions of Culture in the Professional Literature of Multicultural Education Chapter 5. Cognitive, Symbolic, and Critical Conceptions of Culture in the ProfessionalLiterature of Multicultural EducationChapter 6. Beyond the Critical TurnReferences

With elegant clarity, distinguished philosopher Thomas Wren incisively analyzes the conflicting conceptions of 'culture' that underpin contrasting models of multiculturalism as well as their pedagogic and political assumptions. This book is a substantive resource for students of culture and for anyone implementing, researching, or critiquing multicultural education.