A Critical Assessment of Will Kymlicka's Theory of Minority Rights: Dilemmas of Liberal Multiculturalism
Authors
Hys, DmytroAdvisors
Chaplin, JonathanAffiliation
Institute for Christian StudiesIssue Date
2004Keywords
MulticulturalismLiberalism
Kymlicka, Will
Community
Minorities
Benhabib, Seyla
Bhikhu C.
Carens, Joseph H.
Civil rights
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This thesis argues that to take into account only liberal interpretations of multicultural dilemmas would be insufficient and unrealistic in assessing the claims of justice for ethnocultural diversity. The current liberal approach as offered by Will Kymlicka is a good beginning for ethnic conflict management. However, his theory is marked by a number of limitations due to the fact that he operates only with the principles and norms of liberal institutions. In modern multiculturally constituted democracies, the presence and constant increase of cultural diversity challenges the self-understanding of liberal democracy. Kymlicka's liberal theory of multiculturalism has been challenged by several political theorists, who emphasize the insufficiency of his approach due its reliance on liberal readings of ethnic conflicts. [from Introduction, p. [1]]Publisher
Institute for Christian StudiesType
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