Tradition

Cultural pluralism

Overview

Cultural pluralism is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture, provided such are consistent with the laws and values of the wider society. As a sociological term, the definition and description of cultural pluralism has evolved. It has been described as not only a fact but a societal goal.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Cultural pluralism

• Alain LeRoy Locke
• Horace Kallen

Related ideas

• John Dewey
• Sociology
• Nationalism
• Academic Press
• Achaemenid Empire
• United States
• Society
• The Nation
• Multiculturalism
• Cyrus the Great
• William James
• Pragmatism

Place in the tradition

Part of Ecological economics.

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