The attempt to make democratic processes more inclusive has led to the problematic notion of ‘multiculturalism’. It is based on a new principle that ‘all voices should be heard’ and ‘equal respect’ has become the irreducible core of the liberal state. However mere dialogue is not enough. First, it tends to privilege those who are already privileged. To change this needs active, exploratory listening that is allowed to challenge everyone’s picture of the world. Second, since the tensions and ambiguities are here to stay, practical ways to cope and negotiate have to be found, although it is not at all clear what is involved. The contributors to this volume explore both dimensions and in particular point to what it means when the language game of dialogicality meets its limit. However, as they point out, the limits are not absolute, but can be the entry point into more complex language-games. The authors in this volume, from Canada, the Netherlands, Britain and Belgium, bring a vast repertoire of resources, examples and interpretive frames to bear on the task of opening up what might be understood by political-ethical-aesthetic notions of ‘multiculturalism’, both contemporary and historical. The contrasting approaches indicate what is at stake, questioning as they do whether any one of the key concepts is stale across time and place. In these contributions one can hear a plea for an enhanced conception of democratic dialogue, for the need to embrace different ontological aesthetic-moral assumptions, and for an ethics and politics that are more generous and receptive. Part one of Whither Multiculturalism? is an overview of the philosophical issues; part two thematises a variety of trends in multiculturalism debates; part three concerns contemporary and historical case studies of ‘ identity politics’. Whither Multiculturalism? eschews simple dichotomies and oppositions, offers valuable insights into the contested terrains of multiculturalism and provides all those whether students, scholars, lawyers policymakers, with conceptual tools tackle the perplexing ground of multiculturalism debates.
Preface
Barbara Saunders
Introduction
David Haljan
Part one - Of Walls Pilars and Strata
The many doors to Multiculturalism
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Multiple Multiculturalisms and Charles Taylor's Politics of Recoqgnition
Himani Bannerji
The Politics of Multiculutralism in the New Europe
Pnina Werbner
Part two - Unity and Diversity
The Nation-State and Multucultural Society
Andre van De Putte
Legal Unity and Diversity
Ernst M.H. Hirsch Ballin
Levinas, Multiculturalism, and us
Rudi Visker
Law's Concept of a Multicultural Society
René Foqué
The Desire for Self-Determination and Necessity to Maintain interregional Solidarity - Reflections on the Right to Secession
Toon Vandevelde
Arendt's Challenge to Multiculturalism
Barbara Saunders
Varieties of Multiculturalism: no need for a shared Language
Jaap Van Brakel
Part Three - Inclusion and Exclusion
Allah-Thons, Hassadim, Punks ...: Autochtony Discourses in Flanders
Bambi Ceuppens
(Sub)National Identity and Attitude towards Foreigners in Flanders and Wallonia (Belgium)
Jaak Billiet, Bart Maddens, and Roeland Beerten
Spiritual Baptists in Multicultural Canada
Carol B. Duncan
Multiculturalism in Colonial Society: Canadian Examples from the 17th and 18th Centuries
Colin M. Coates
Legal Anomalies, Indigenous Peoples and the New World
David Berry
The Marshall Decision and Legal Mediation of Multiculturalism: a Reflection on the Future of Relations between Indigenous and Transplanted Societies in Canada
Ken Coates
The Future of Multiculturalism in Canada
Roslyn Kunin
Consistency and Precision in Public Policy
Meyer Burstein
Format:
Edited volume - free ebook - PDF
Size:
240 × 160 mm
ISBN:
9789058672810
Publication:
February 17, 2003
Series:
Studia Anthropologica 7
Languages:
English
Stock item number:
46370
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