Economics Dictionary of ArgumentsHome | |||
| |||
Multiculturalism: Multiculturalism is a societal model that recognizes the importance of cultural diversity and seeks to promote equality and respect for all cultures within a society. See also Culture, Cultural values, Cultural relativism, Calture tradition._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
Author | Concept | Summary/Quotes | Sources |
---|---|---|---|
Stanley Fish on Multiculturalism - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 256 Multiculturalism/Fish/Kukathas: Not all theories, (...) have been entirely sympathetic to multiculturalism, particularly when the price of cultural diversity has looked like being acceptance of illiberal or tyrannical practice. Fish: According to Stanley Fish (1998(1): 73—5), no one could genuinely advocate multiculturalism because that would require tolerating all cultures, including those determined to stamp out tolerance. Most multiculturalists are thus not 'real' but 'boutique' multi-culturalists, prepared to tolerate difference for as Gaus I 257 long as differences are trivial. But regardless of whether Fish's argument is sound - and it is at least debatable, in light of the long history of debate over the question of the toleration of the intolerant (Heyd, 1996)(2) - some theorists have concluded that when multiculturalism comes into conflict with more important fundamental values, multiculturalism will have to yield. >Diversity/Multiculturalism, >Customs/Multiculturalism, >Multiculturalism/Political philosophy, >Multiculturalism/Kymlicka, >Multiculturalism/Charles Taylor, >Multiculturalism/Barry. 1. Fish, Stanley (1998) 'Boutique multiculturalism'. In Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman, eds, Multiculturalism and American Democracy. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2. Heyd, David, ed. (1996) Toleration: An Elusive Virtue. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Kukathas, Chandran 2004. „Nationalism and Multiculturalism“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fish, Stanley Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |