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- Presents arguments philosophically without being abstract
- Includes Quebec’s interculturalism in an account of Canadian multiculturalism
- Looks to the future as well as back to the past as a way of explaining what multiculturalism is
Part of the book series: Recovering Political Philosophy (REPOPH)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Multiculturalism is often thought to be defined by its commitment to diversity, inclusivity, sensitivity, and tolerance, but these established values sometimes require contrary practices of homogenization, exclusion, insensitivity, and intolerance. Multiculturalism in Canada clarifies what multiculturalism is by relating it to more basic principles of equality, freedom, recognition, authenticity, and openness. Forbes places both official Canadian multiculturalism and Quebec's semi-official interculturalism in their historical and constitutional setting, examines their relations to liberal democratic core values, and outlines a variety of practical measures that would make Canada a more open country and a better illustration of what a commitment to egalitarian cultural pluralism now means. Consisting of a series of connected essays-including careful considerations of the works of Will Kymlicka and Charles Taylor-this book provides the first comprehensive account of multiculturalism in Canada.
Keywords
- Cultural Equality
- political freedom
- liberal multiculturalism
- Cultural Recognition
- Ethical Authenticity
- Politics of Recognition
- Karl Popper
- Open Governance
- Quebec
- social imaginary
- Quebec nationalism
- B & B Commission
- Trudeau
- 1981 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- immigration policy
- human rights legislation
- Will Kymlicka
- Charles Taylor
- Gérard Bouchard
- Henri Bergson
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Hugh Donald Forbes
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multiculturalism in Canada
Book Subtitle: Constructing a Model Multiculture with Multicultural Values
Authors: Hugh Donald Forbes
Series Title: Recovering Political Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19835-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19834-3Published: 23 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19837-4Published: 23 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19835-0Published: 12 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-7166
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7174
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 317
Topics: Political Philosophy, Political Theory