20世纪90年代美国多元文化论争述评

90年代 ,美国社会卷入了一场方兴未艾的多元文化论争。双方在文化观、非洲中心论、双语教育、配额制的政策与实践、政治正确等问题上的立场截然对立 ,这些问题直接关系到美国历史传统、生活方式、主流文化以及教育理念的地位和评价。这场论争反映了美国深远的忧患传统 ,揭示了当今美国社会文化发展的趋向

A Review of the American Multicultural Controversy in the 1990s

During the 1990s, a multicultural controversy which has been just unfolding swept across the US. Debaters of both sides took antagonist stands on varies problems such as cultural viewpoint, Afrocentrism, bilingual education, the policies and practices of quotas and political correctness, which were directly related to the valuation and position of the American historical tradition, life styles, main current of American culture, and educational idea. Through phylosophy the controversy, American profound crisis-awareness tradition and the trends of the American social and cultural progress have been unveiled.