Multiculturalism Reconsidered

'Culture and Equality' and its Critics

Автор: Paul Kelly

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Polity Press

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Can multiculturalists be egalitarians and should egalitarians be multiculturalists? Is the absence o...

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Автор

Paul Kelly

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2002

страници

256

EAN

9780745627946

ISBN

0745627943

Enbook ID

04908234

Издател

Polity Press

Теглоt

364

Размери

152 x 228 x 14

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Can multiculturalists be egalitarians and should egalitarians be multiculturalists? Is the absence of cultural recognition an injustice in the same way as the absence of individual rights or basic resources? These are some of the questions considered in this wide--ranging series of essays inspired by the political philosopher Brian Barry. Multiculturalist political theorists and policy--makers argue that liberal egalitarianism fails to take seriously the role of culture and group identity in defining harms and cases of injustice. Because liberal egalitarians adopt a culturally neutral account of what principles and institutions of justice should distribute, they ignore an important way in which these norms actually reinforce injustice rather than eradicate it. A whole host of thinkers have used liberal egalitarianisma s neutrality on issues of culture to criticize contemporary theories of justice. This multicultural challenge to liberal egalitarianism has recently received a forceful response from Barry in his book Culture and Equality. Drawing on an international cast from Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia, Multiculturalism Reconsidered puts Barrya s challenge to the test. With contributions from Chandran Kukathas, James Tully, Bhikhu Parekh, Susan Mendus and Ian Shapiro, amongst others, and a response from Brian Barry, this book ranges widely over the issues raised by multiculturalism and egalitarianism. This book will prove an indispensable resource for all those who wish to locate themselves in debates about equality, culture, identity and group rights.

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