Transcultural Realities

Edited by Molefi Kete Asante, Virginia Milhouse, Peter Nwosu | Sage (2001)


Reviews

“This volume touches on a wide variety of issues that derive from some aspect of cultural difference. . . . The editors have brought together a rich blend of advocacy and several excellent reviews of specific research fields.”
Contemporary Psychology


Summary

Transcultural Realities is an important collection of essays written by an outstanding cast of critical scholars who discuss the importance of transculture in interdisciplinary contexts. The primary goal of the contributors is to help the reader to understand that a state of "community" or "harmony" cannot be achieved in the world until we are all ready to accept different cultural forms, norms, and orientations.

In this book, transculture is defined as a form of culture created not from within separate spheres, but in the holistic forms of diverse cultures. It is based on the principle that a single culture, in and of itself, is incomplete and requires interaction and dialogue with other cultures.

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  • Asante is “one of America’s top 100 leading thinkers.

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  • Asante, a sixth-generation American descended from enslaved Africans, has been a guiding light in African American studies.

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  • Molefi Kete Asante is a seminal thinker.

    —Cornel West, Princeton University