Multicultural Immunisation: Liberalism and Esposito

ISBN-13: 9780748695393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 224 str.

Alexej Ulbricht

Opis

A critical intervention in liberal theories of multiculturalism
Multiculturalism has recently been declared dead; at the same time, the value of diversity is still emphasised. How can we explain this? In this book, Alexej Ulbricht sets out to completely reassess liberal theories of multiculturalism, and argues that the 'backlash' is actually the strengthening of tendencies already present in liberal multiculturalism. Using the theories of Roberto Esposito, he argues that liberal multiculturalism is best understood as a series of immunitary processes. He examines some of these processes and looks to what cultural coexistence beyond immunity might be like.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The conflicted relationship to multiculturalism; Multicultural Immunisation; 2 Liberal Thought on Multiculturalism; A brief history of liberal political theory’s engagement with difference; A tale of three liberals: Kymlicka, Parekh, Taylor; 3 Multiculturalism as a Mode of Immunising the Body of Liberalism ; Community, obligation and emptiness; The immunity paradigm; Immunity in the concrete: what it makes of people; 4 Liberal Multiculturalism and Rights: citizens, humans and Other subjects; Citizens; Humans; 5 Disagreement and the Horizons of Consensus; Liberal models of consensus; The critique of consensus; Fusing of horizons ; 6 Recognition: tolerant and cunning; Recognition, or, the cunning cleansing of the wounded liberal subject; Liberal recognition as a form of tolerance; 7 Multiculturalism Beyond Immunity; What must a multicultural polity do?; What about totality?; How to get there (with rhythm!); Music and the city; 8 Conclusion; Liberal multiculturalism as a process of immunisation; Syncopation in the concrete; Bibliography; Index