Bøger af Amardo Rodriguez

In this book I argue against inclusion. Rather than promoting diversity, I contend that inclusion diminishes human diversity, brutalizes human diversity, and, ultimately, destroys human diversity. Nothing about inclusion is good for human diversity. Inclusion assumes that in order for us to thrive collectively, our differences must be tamed, sanitized, and harmonized. Inclusion must come first, meaning that diversity must always yield to the demands of inclusion. However, in destroying diversity, inclusion protects the status quo by promoting conformity and homogeneity. The diversity that inclusion champions is nothing but a caricature of diversity. It is diversity in name only. It has no capacity or yearning to disrupt or renew anything. Its only ambition is to be included and affirmed. I treat inclusion as a hegemon-a vast system of values, beliefs, fears, structures, and practices that imposes and sustains a certain set of supposed truths about the human experience. I aim to demystify this hegemon, specifically the implications and consequences that come with this hegemon.

Introducing Communication introduces students to different communication perspectives and concepts from around the world, encouraging them to reflect on the consequences and implications that come with each of these perspectives

This volume argues that discussing liberation limits our understanding by avoiding the origins of hierarchy. Examining this topic, the author raises the stakes in debates about liberation, challenging what passes for common ground and moving discussions to moral, existential and spiritual realms.

Essays collected here reflect different theoretical and pedagogical areas of study in the communication field, demonstrating how acknowledging spiritual assumptions might expand discourse on communication. Some specific topics include the co-construction of self and organization, reframing organizat

Communication, Space, and Design looks at how our worldview shapes our relations to and conceptions of space and place, and how our spaces and designs impact our communication practices. By asserting that our spaces and designs are increasingly promoting various expressions of separation, this book contends that this separation makes us more private.

A contribution to multiculturalism debates. It argues that the discourse of multiculturalism has been hampered by a focus on the political and social (secular) implications of multiculturalism, and this has led to a failure to examine diversity as existential and spiritual dimensions of humanity.