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Social Bonds As Freedom: Revisiting the Dichotomy of the Universal and the Particular

By Reiko Gotoh , Paul Dumouchel

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2015
ISBN
1782386939, 9781782386933
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1395685 bytes)
Pages
303\312
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-01-04 00:42:00
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Central to discussions of multiculturalism and minority rights in modern liberal societies is the idea that the particular demands of minority groups contradict the requirements of equality, anonymity, and universality for citizenship and belonging. The contributors to this volume question the significance of this dichotomy between the universal and the particular, arguing that it reflects how the modern state has instituted the basic rights and obligations of its members and that these institutions are undergoing fundamental transformations under the pressure of globalization. They show that the social bonds uniting groups constitute the means of our freedom, rather than obstacles to achieving the universal.

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