244 CHAPTER 11 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION y y How does postcolonialism provide the basis for multiculturalist thinking? y y How and why is multiculturalism linked to the politics of recognition? y y Is multiculturalism a form of communitarianism? y y What is the justification for minority or multicultural rights? y y Is multiculturalism compatible with the idea of individual rights? y y Why do multiculturalists believe that diversity provides the basis for a politically stable society?
y y Why have liberals supported diversity, and when do they believe that diversity is ‘excessive’? y y How does pluralism go ‘beyond’ liberalism? y y Are Western cultures tainted by the inheritance of colonialism and racism? y y Can multiculturalism be reconciled with any form of nationalism? y y To what extent is there tension between cultural rights and women’s rights? y y What impact does multiculturalism have on the politics of redistribution? y y Could multiculturalism lead to cosmopolitanism? Parekh, B. Rethinking Multiculturalism: Cultural Diversity and Political Theory , 2nd edn (2005). A comprehensive defence of the pluralist perspective on cultural diversity that also discusses the practical problems confronting multicultural societies. Tremblay, A. Diversity in Decline? The Rise of the Political Right and the Fate of Multiculturalism (2019). A timely book exploring the place of multicultural ideas in the context of increasingly right-leaning politics.
FURTHER READING
Cordeiro-Rodrigues, L. & Simendic, M. Philosophies of Multiculturalism: Beyond Liberalism (2017). Diverse commentaries on how multiculturalism interacts with other political ideologies, particularly in non-Western contexts. Ivison, D. Ashgate Research Companion to Multiculturalism (2016). A broad collection of essays from leading scholars on multiculturalism and itswider philosophical andpolitical implications. Murphy, M. Multiculturalism: A Critical Introduction (2012). An accessible general introduction to multiculturalism as a societal philosophy.
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