Multiculturalism and The Politics of Recognition by Charles Taylor

Multiculturalism and The Politics of Recognition by Charles Taylor

Can a democratic society treat all its members as equals and also recognize their specific cultural identities? Should it try to ensure the survival of specific cultural groups? Is political recognition of ethnicity or gender essential to a person's dignity? These are some of the questions at the heart of the political controversy over multiculturalism and recognition - a debate that has raged across academic departments, university campuses, ethnic and feminist associations, and governments throughout the world. In this book, Charles Taylor offers a historically informed, philosophical perspective on what is at stake in the demand made by many people for recognition of their particular group identities by public institutions. His thoughts serve as a point of departure for commentaries which further relate the demand for recognition to issues of multicultural education, feminism and cultural separatism.

Taylor, Charles: - Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University and author of influential books including Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age. He has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

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ISBN 13	9780691087863
ISBN 10	0691087865
Title	Multiculturalism and The Politics of Recognition
Author	Charles Taylor
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	1992-09-28
Number of pages	132
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