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            Abstract

            Drawing on examples from contemporary Sweden, in this essay, I discuss how the diversity project is under attack from a variety of patriarchal, extremist and hypocritical forces. I conclude that the survival of diversity is not a question of altruism but a matter of our own survival and welfare.

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            Torkild Thanem
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            Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50020082
            Journal ID (jcode): intecritdivestud
            Title: International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN: 2516-550X
            ISSN: 2516-5518
            Publication date (Print): 1 June 2018
            Volume: 1
            Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/intecritdivestud.1.issue-1 )
            Pages: 97-107
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            Stockholm University, Sweden
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            DOI: 10.13169/intecritdivestud.1.1.0097
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            Keywords: sexism,metoo,Sweden,Zizek,Spinoza,diversity,patriarchy,racism

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