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Multicultural Justice: Will Kymlicka and Cultural Recognition
Author(s) -
CASSATELLA ANDREA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2006.00318.x
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , cultural pluralism , economic justice , sociology , autonomy , argument (complex analysis) , cultural identity , pluralism (philosophy) , identity (music) , relation (database) , epistemology , environmental ethics , political science , law , social science , anthropology , aesthetics , philosophy , pedagogy , negotiation , biochemistry , chemistry , database , computer science
. The article concentrates on Kymlicka's major area of research, i.e., the issue of justice for minority cultures. It deals with his perspective on cultural recognition in a multicultural society, which is grounded on his argument for culture and autonomy. Specifically, it covers issues such as cultural and moral pluralism, the justification for policies of cultural recognition, and the relation between cultural identity and membership. The aim of the article is to emphasise what the dangerous implications could be, in a multicultural society, were policies of cultural recognition to be predominantly or solely founded on liberal values.