scholarly journals Sur le multiculturalisme et la politique de la différence identitaire : Taylor, Walzer, Kymlicka

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Gignac
Keyword(s):  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Michael Walzer ◽  
Will Kymlicka

Résumé Les trois pensées politiques analysées tentent de situer le multiculturalisme et la politique de la différence identitaire dans le cadre de la démocratie moderne. De son côté, Charles Taylor soutient que la reconnaissance des identités communautaires peut favoriser la citoyenneté participative et la recherche de biens communs. Michael Walzer, pour sa part, affirme que l’appartenance à une communauté constitue un besoin primordial, aussi important que les droits fondamentaux. Enfin, Will Kymlicka avance que la reconnaissance de droits « différentiels » peut, dans certains cas, permettre d’appliquer l’esprit des principes de base du libéralisme que sont l’autonomie et la liberté des individus. L’article montre de plus que le multiculturalisme contient certains pièges : il peut notamment favoriser les groupes de pression particularistes et les idéologies du ressentiment.

Multicultural Liberals and the Rushdie Affair: A Critique of Kymlicka, Taylor, and Walzer

1999 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel I. O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Michael Walzer ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Will Kymlicka ◽  
Immanent Critique ◽  
Multicultural Citizenship ◽  
Dual Commitment

This article critically analyzes the work of Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, and Michael Walzer, three of the most important contemporary political philosophers writing on issues of multiculturalism. It uses the Rushdie affair, and each theorist's interpretation of it, as the basis for an immanent critique of “multicultural liberalism,” a theory defined by the dual commitment to cultural rights for minority groups and certain core liberal principles, defended in different ways by Kymlicka, Taylor, and Walzer. It is principally concerned with Kymlicka, whose work is one of the most influential attempts to respond to communitarian criticisms that “atomistic” liberalism is inhospitable to community and culture. The article argues that Kymlicka's defense of “multicultural citizenship” is deeply problematic from the perspective of the Rushdie affair. It then considers Taylor and Walzer similarly, as representatives of the communitarian strain of multicultural liberal argument, and likewise finds their positions unconvincing. The article concludes with the suggestion that the Rushdie affair points to a potentially unresolvable tension at the heart of all three attempts to defend multicultural liberalism.

Ontologie, philosophie et politique: la critique de la tradition épistémologique chez Charles Taylor

Dialogue ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geneviève Nootens
Keyword(s):  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Will Kymlicka

La philosophie de Charles Taylor a récemment fait l'objet de plusieurs critiques mettant en question tant l'ontologie morale proposée par Taylor que le modèle politique qu'elle soutient. Par exemple, O. Flanagan a souligné les difficultés posées par le fait de concevoir les agents moraux comme devant nécessairement procéder à des évaluations fortes. D. Weinstock a défendu l'idée que les institutions politiques libérales que critique Taylor sont en réalité plus propices au développement de cette capacité d'évaluation forte que la poursuite d'un bien commun par le biais des institutions politiques dont les communautaristes sont généralement vus comme les défenseurs. Pour sa part, Will Kymlicka a soutenu que contrairement à ce qu'affirme Taylor, la philosophie morale contemporaine ne nie pas l'existence de distinctions qualitatives et qu'elle centre la moralité sur le respect des besoins des autres pour permettre à chacun de réaliser son intérêt prémoral pour la bonne vie.

scholarly journals Social Peace and Political Pluralism

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 267-270
Author(s):  
Vereno Brugiatelli
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
The Political ◽  
Michael Walzer ◽  
Political Pluralism ◽  
Cultural Minority ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Universal Principles ◽  
Modern Age

In the modern age cultural and political pluralism received the serious consideration of the Enlightenment philosophers. In the contemporary age, it is the centre of attention of several thinkers that tackle the often dramatic problems related with the misrecognition of rights and freedoms in cultural minority groups. Liberalism in its multiple formulations puts the universal principles that ignore differences at the base of its reflections. Philosophers such as Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer often insisted on the political necessity to face the problem of differences, denouncing the historical and cultural limits of the different forms of liberal universalism. By examining the contraposition between universalism and communitarism, in this paper I intend to give a theoretical solution to such a contrast. In order to outline a perspective able to overcome conflicts in a pacified society, I consider the resources of the recognition of the rights to capabilities, public debate and practical wisdom.

scholarly journals Entre Liberdade e Cultura: Como o Estado deve tratar os Povos Indígenas?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 2542-2573
Author(s):  
Adalberto Fernandes Sá Junior ◽  
Gislene Aparecida dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Will Kymlicka

Resumo Como o Estado deve tratar os povos indígenas, se todos os cidadãos são dignos de igual consideração e respeito? Por meio da análise de três propostas normativas do multiculturalismo, a de Charles Taylor, comunitarista; a de Will Kymlicka, liberal; e a de James Tully, pós-colonial, chega-se à conclusão de que o Estado deve garantir o direito à autodeterminação para estes povos e de que este direito não deve ser limitado pelos direitos individuais.

REVISITANDO A CRÍTICA COMUNITARISTA AO LIBERALISMO: SANDEL, RAWLS E TEORIA CRÍTICA

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (131) ◽  
pp. 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nythamar De Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
John Rawls ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Michael Walzer ◽  
Jürgen Habermas ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Jurgen Habermas ◽  
Axel Honneth ◽  
Normative Reconstruction ◽  
Conception Of The Good ◽  
Michael Sandel

O artigo propõe uma reconstrução normativa da crítica comunitarista ao liberalismo, revisitando a crítica iniciada por Michael Sandel com relação à teoria da justiça em John Rawls e reformulada por “simpatizantes” comunitaristas (Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor, Alaisdair MacIntyre) e pensadores políticos da Teoria Crítica (Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Axel Honneth), sobretudo quanto aos problemas correlatos do individualismo metodológico, da concepção de bem e da socialidade.Abstract: The article proposes a normative reconstruction of the communitarian critique of liberalism, recasting the critique initiated by Michael Sandel vis à vis John Rawls’s theory of justice and reformulated by communitarian “sympathizers” (Michael Walzer, Charles Taylor, Alaisdair MacIntyre) and political thinkers of Critical Theory (Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, Axel Honneth), especially as for the related problems of methodological individualism, the conception of the good, and sociality.

7. Multiculturalism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Mookherjee
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Charles Taylor ◽  
Politics Of Recognition ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Will Kymlicka ◽  
Bomb Attack

This chapter examines debates about multiculturalism in political theory. In the 1990s, some argued that it was impossible not to be in favour of multiculturalism. However, recent events, such as the bomb attack at Burgas airport in Bulgaria and the shootings by a lone gunman in France (both occurred in 2012), have led some to fear that supporting cultural diversity undermines a strong national identity. These critics have called vigorously for assimilation, as opposed to multicultural thinkers who prefer the notion of integration. This chapter considers themes such as thick and thin multiculturalism, cultural rights, multiculturalism and oppression, and the politics of recognition. A case study on the Muslim veil is presented, along with Key Thinkers boxes featuring Yael Tamir, Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, and Bhikhu Parekh.

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