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Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory

By Bhikhu Parekh

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2000
ISBN
9780333608814, 033360881X
Open Library ID
OL9698698M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
823 kB (842904 bytes)
Pages
400\0
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

Bhikhu Parekh shows that the Western tradition of political philosophy from Plato onwards has very limited theoretical resources to cope with cultural diversity. He then discusses how the Western tradition can be revised and what new conceptual tools are needed. The core of the book addresses the important theoretical questions raised by contemporary multicultural society, especially the nature and limits of intercultural equality and fairness, national identity, citizenship, and cross cultural political discourse.

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