A new politics of identity : political principles for an interdependent world /
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| Author / Creator: | Parekh, Bhikhu C. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description: | ix, 317 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7096778 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Concept of Identity
- Personal identity
- Social identity
- Plurality of social identities
- Human identity
- Dialectic of identities
- 3. The Politics of Collective Identity
- A mixed blessing
- Dealing with its dangers
- Recognition and redistribution
- Complementarity
- Interdependence
- A bifocal theory of justice
- 4. National Identity
- The importance of national identity
- The identity of the political community
- National identity crisis
- Canada
- Germany
- Developing countries
- Some observations
- 5. Multicultural Society and the Convergence of Identities
- Assimilation
- Integration
- A moral contract
- Society's responses
- Convergence of identities
- 6. European Liberalism and the 'Muslim Question'
- Emergence of Muslim identity
- European anxiety
- A critique
- Accommodating religion
- Defending liberal society
- Islam and multicultural society
- Muslim youth
- 7. The Pathology of Religious Identity
- Scriptural literalism
- Fundamentalism
- Specificity of fundamentalism
- 8. Challenges of the Multicultural World
- Clash of civilizations
- A critique
- The case for dialogue
- 9. Globalization and Culture
- The cultural impact of globalization
- US hegemony and national culture
- Regulating cultural imports
- 10. Principles of Global Ethics
- The historical specificity of global ethics
- Basis of a global ethics
- Equal worth
- Principles
- 11. Moralities of Partiality and Impartiality
- Special relationships
- Partiality and impartiality
- Resolving the tension
- 12. Citizenship in the Global Age
- Exclusivist paradigm
- Globally orientated citizenship
- Humanitarian intervention
- 13. Promoting Democracy
- What is democracy?
- Universal validity
- A duty to promote democracy
- Ways of promoting democracy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
