Liberalism and the Politicization of Ethnicity
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence
- Vol. 4 (2) , 239-256
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0841820900002927
Abstract
Most liberal democracies exhibit cultural pluralism, that is, citizens of the same country belong to various cultural communities, and so speak different languages, read different literatures, practice different customs. Most contemporary liberal political philosophy, on the other hand, assumes that countries are “nation-states”. Citizens of the same state are assumed to share a common nationality, speak the same language, develop the same culture. My concern in this paper is with how liberals have adapted their principles to deal with cultural pluralism.Keywords
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