The space of V.S. Naipaul’s novels in the light of multicultural theory

It is a self-evident truth that V.S. Naipaul 's novels hold powerful appeal to readers worldwide thanks to his real-life experience of migration and changes in psychology and lifestyles between multicultural spaces. The writer has successfully created a diversified, rich, traditional hybrid space of the Trinidad and Tobago, an African cultural space before the historical upheavals, and English villages and towns after the the golden age of wealthy nobles and landowners. Studying these spatial dimensions through the prisms of Doreen Massey's multicultural theory will offer an insight into the relationship between place and identity, as well as the artistic talent of V.S. Naipaul, a passionate and gifted writer, who devoted his life to “the history of oppressed peoples”, contributing a great voice to “marginal” cultures.

Dinamika Organisasi Muhammadiyah di Denpasar dalam Perspektif Sejarah 1998-2018

This research discussed about the dynamics of Muhammadiyah Organization in Denpasar in the Hitorical Prespektive 1998-2018. The formulation of the problems are 1) How the activities of the Muhammadiyah Denpasar Area in religius Ideology 2) How are the views of the Muhammadiyah Denpasar Area towards members who are involved in politic 3) How are the the views of the citizens toward the Muhammadiyah Denpasar Area. In this research use historical methodology is oral history and political history. The analysis uses explanation theory, symbolic interactionalism and multicultural theory. The result is Muhammadiyah activities ini Denpasar in religion and politic. The final research find about Muhammadiyah in Denpasar recently not only enganged in religion but also partisipate in politic.

Review: Alexej Ulbricht, Multicultural Immunisation: Liberalism and Esposito

Immunity has established itself as one of the most exciting and productive conceptual lenses being used in contemporary social theory. Ulbricht’s first book demonstrates why this is the case, through using the imaginary of immunity to explicate a selection of the features of liberal multicultural theory. Influenced by the work of Italian philosopher Robert Esposito, the book traces ideas of tolerance, consensus and rights as they appear across a selection of liberal theoretical interventions. After engaging with an impressive swathe of literature throughout his book, Ulbricht’s critical arrival point is an exciting use of Lefebvrian rhythmanalysis in a bid to supplant universal theories of multiculturalism with a recognition of multiculturalism as an intensely local and ad hoc human experience.

Amartya Sen’s Identity Pluralism Applied to Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Multiculturalism

Multicultural theory pays surprisingly little attention to the plurality of identity. In addition, there is still dissatisfaction with Will Kymlicka’s distinction between polyethnic groups and national minorities and the rights they deserve, as well as continued criticism of liberal multiculturalism more broadly. I revisit this distinction based on Amartya Sen’s recent effort to introduce the notion of identity pluralism into liberal debates. In Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 2006), Sen stresses the importance of maintaining political stability through individuals’ plural identities mainly in relation to religious divides and global conflict. Sen’s theory is criticised for being too abstract, but I interpret these abstract ideas to criticise Kymlicka’s distinction between polyethnic groups and national minorities and strengthen liberal multiculturalism. I argue that the notion of identity pluralism implies that a state must promote multicultural ‘participation rights’ for all minority identities, rather than ‘accommodation rights’ for polyethnic groups and ‘self-government rights’ for national minorities as Kymlicka contends. Consequently, regions like Quebec, Flanders and Catalonia would not merit the level of autonomy they currently enjoy, and Scotland should not be granted independence from the United Kingdom.