The Multiculturalism of Fear.
The Multiculturalism of Fear argues for a liberal account of multiculturalism which draws on a liberalism of fear like that articulated by Judith Shklar and inspired by Montesquieu. Liberalism should not be centrally concerned either with preserving or with transcending cultural communities, practic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2000.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Political Science module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Multiculturalism of Fear argues for a liberal account of multiculturalism which draws on a liberalism of fear like that articulated by Judith Shklar and inspired by Montesquieu. Liberalism should not be centrally concerned either with preserving or with transcending cultural communities, practices, and identities. Rather, it should focus on mitigating evils such as inter-ethnic civil wars, cruel practices internal to cultural communities, and state violence againstethnic minorities. This 'multiculturalism of fear' must be grounded in the realities of ethnic politics and ethnic conflict. It. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191522821 0585374996 9780585374994 0198297122 9780198297123 9786611943929 6611943927 9780191599767 019159976X 9780191522826 |