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Mar 23, 2020 · Through a case study of blasphemy against Islam, this article argues that multiculturalism has three main flaws: first, it shrinks the complexity of identities in order to assign individuals to pre-made boxes, thereby essentialising communities; second, it fosters social conflicts by opposing different groups and their supposed demands; and thir...
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Mar 23, 2020 · Through a case study of blasphemy against Islam, this article argues that multiculturalism has three main flaws: first, it shrinks the complexity of identities in order to assign individuals to pre-made boxes, thereby essentialising communities; second, it fosters social conflicts by opposing different groups and their supposed demands; and ...
- Tommaso Virgili
- 2020
- The Ever Growing Multicultural Library
- Multiculturalism in Practice
- Interculturalism: A New Paradigm?
- European & Canadian Interculturalism
- Overview of The Contributions
Multiculturalism is both a political philosophical paradigm and a type of policy that is particularly sensitive to the possibility that liberal democracies could exert pressure on ethnic minorities to assimilate into the majority culture. Multiculturalism – irrespective of the many variances it contains – defends the idea that the societal institut...
The valuing of ethnocultural diversity in balance with equality of opportunity and mutual tolerance has led to multicultural policies, first in Canada and Australia in the early 1970’s, and in many other liberal democracies soon after. Banting & Kymlicka (2006, pp. 56-57) have listed the following concrete multicultural policies that have been impl...
Given the diversity of (often contrasting) voices, it is fair to say that there is simply no such thing as ‘a multicultural theory’ that then could be affirmed, rejected or revised as a whole. There is rather a ‘multicultural discipline’ that speaks to a lot of scholars who are working, most prominently, in the field of political philosophy and pol...
In Europe, the idea of interculturalism as a ‘counter’ to multiculturalism has been reflected in the White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue published by the Council of Europe (2008). According to the Council, the intercultural approach would avoid the failed extremes of assimilationism and multiculturalism by acknowledging diversity while insisting ...
The question whether or not interculturalism provides a new paradigm that transcends multiculturalism is the central question in this Special Issue. If we look at how the debate has been held so far, we can see that both hard and soft claims have been proposed (see also, Levey, 2016). Scholars like Bouchard (2011) and Cantle (2012) play it hard and...
- François Levrau, Patrick Loobuyck
- 2018
Nov 15, 2010 · Assimilation and integration are different concepts. Integration leaves some room from multiculturalism. Assimilation, on the other hand, means that you need to relinquish important parts of...
Mar 28, 2011 · Assimilation, integration, diversity and multiculturalism each offers their own distinctive take on freedom, equality and civic unity (what, might be called, ‘fraternity’), namely, some of the core values of European democracy.
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Feb 3, 2020 · Through a case study of blasphemy against Islam, this article argues that multiculturalism has three main flaws: first, it shrinks the complexity of identities in order to assign individuals to pre-made boxes, thereby essentialising communities; second, it fosters social conflicts by opposing different groups and their supposed demands; and thir...
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The link between multiculturalism and social integration figures high on the agenda of public administrators and researchers. This is not surprising, as present-day societies and nation-states face rising cultural complexity and diversity. This trend coincides with growing pressure on social exclusion, which in turn affects social integration.'
