Culture and Equality: an Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism 9780745665641, 0745665640

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Part I Multiculturalism and Equal Treatment
1 Introduction
1 Losing Our Way
2 The Flight from Enlightenment
3 A Brief Overview
2 The Strategy of Privatization
1 Cultural Diversity
2 Privatization and Pluralism
3 Equal Treatment
4 The Rule-and-Exemption Approach
5 A Pragmatic Case for Exemptions
6 Culture and Job Discrimination
3 The Dynamics of Identity: Assimilation, Acculturation and Difference
1 Vive la Difference?
2 Liberalism and the 'Ideal of Assimilation'
3 Assimilation: Good, Bad or Indifferent? 4 Varieties of National Identity5 National Identity in Practice
6 The Dodo's Dictum
7 The 'Myth of Merit'
8 Language and Opportunity
Part II Multiculturalism and Groups
4 Theories of Group Rights
1 The Concept of a Group Right
2 Liberalism and Autonomy
3 Liberalism and Diversity
4 Cultural Relativism and Toleration
5 Outline of a Theory of Group Rights
5 Liberal States and Illiberal Religions
1 The Claims of Free Association
2 An Alternative Approach
3 The Limits of Toleration
4 In Defence of 'Asymmetry'
5 The Amish and the State. 6 Are Amish Communities Voluntary Associations?6 The Public Stake in the Arts and Education
1 The Limits of Laissez-Faire
2 Can Liberalism Cope with Children?
3 The Locus of Decision-Making
4 Functional Education
5 Education for Living
6 Societal Interests in Education
7 Multicultural Education
8 Parental Rights in Education
Part III Multiculturalism, Universalism and Egalitarianism
7 The Abuse of 'Culture'
1 'It's a Part of My Culture'
2 Up the Creek in the Black Canoe
3 The Equal Value of Cultures
4 Does Equal Treatment Require Equal Value?
5 The Limits of Conventionalism. 6 The Limits of Universalism8 The Politics of Multiculturalism
1 The Curious Political Success of Multiculturalism
2 Multiculturalism versus Democracy
3 If Multiculturalism Is the Answer, What Was the Question?
4 Culture versus Equality
Notes
Index.

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