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A Pluralist , Kallen opposed any over-simplification of philosophical and vital problems. According to Kallen, denying complications and difficulties is to multiply them, as much as to deny reality to evil would aggravate evil.

He and others argued that cultural diversity and national pride were compatible with each other, and that ethnic diversity and a respect for ethnic and racial differences strengthened America.


SELECTED WORKS

Some of his works:
  • ''Decline and Rise of the Consumer'' (1936)

  • ''Art and Freedom'' (1942)

  • ''Modernity and Liberty'' (1947)

  • ''The Liberal Spirit'' (1948)

  • ''Ideals and Experience'' (1948)

  • ''The Education of Free Men'' (1950)

  • ''Patterns of Progress'' (1950)

  • ''Cultural Pluralism and the American Idea'' (1956)

  • ''Utopians at Bay'' (1958)

  • ''Liberty, Laughter, and Tears'' (1968)