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Reassessing the multicultural project: comments on Chin/Levey’s “Recognition as acknowledgment: symbolic politics in multicultural democracies”

  • Anna Elisabetta Galeotti

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Abstract

The article stresses two strong points in the essay by Chin/Levey: first, the emphasis on the symbolic dimension of the multicultural project, and second, the novel understanding of recognition as an acknowledgment of minority members as full citizens in the polity. The comments then focus on (1) Charles Taylor’s view of recognition as equal respect for culture; (2) politicizing differences; (3) the distinction between recognition and rights (4) social standards.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)484-494
Number of pages11
JournalEthnic and Racial Studies
Volume46
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Multicultural project
  • equal respect
  • equal status of citizenship
  • recognition
  • social standards
  • symbolic politics

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