The contributions to this anthology address and refine the still emerging theoretical debates about multiculturalism, nationalism and immigration. They focus especially on multiculturalism and nationalism as factual consequences of, and normative responses to, immigration.
The unifying theme of the articles thus concerns the (lack of) normative significance of culture, both in arguments about how immigration and the resulting diversity should be handled, and as the object of political claims more generally. The contributions share a heightened and admirable sensitivity to the complexities of these issues. While most contributors believe that some form of multiculturalism follows from acceptance of liberal egalitarian principles, all qualify or question general models of multiculturalism and emphasize the mutuality of obligations.
Collectively, the authors show simple discussions of multiculturalism and nationalism to be implausible, while providing a range of examples showing how a theoretically more satisfactory kind of discussion of multiculturalism and nationalism might proceed. The anthology also offers a tidy, introductory overview of the field.
List of Contributors:
Simon Caney, Joseph Carens, Andreas Føllesdal, Nils Holtug, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Sune Lægaard, Samuel Scheffler, Daniel Weinstock.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Multiculturalism and Nationalism in a World of Immigration; S.Lægaard
Liberal Nationalism on Immigration; S.Lægaard
Cosmopolitanism, Culture and Well-Being: A Cosmopolitan Perspective on Multiculturalism; S.Caney
The Luck-Egalitarian Argument for Group Rights; K.Lippert-Rasmussen
Equality and Difference-blind Rights; N.Holtug
Immigration and the Significance of Culture; S.Scheffler
Fear vs. Fairness: Migration, Citizenship, and the Transformation of Political Community; J.Carens
Immigration and Reciprocity; D.Weinstock
If there is no Common and Unique European Identity, should we Create One?; A.Follesdal
Bibliography
Index
NILS HOLTUG is Director of the Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has co-edited Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality and has been published in journals including Analysis, Bioethics, Economics and Philosophy, and Journal of Ethics.
KASPER LIPPERT-RASMUSSEN is Professor in Political Theory at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published numerous articles on moral and political philosophy in journals including Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, Philosophical Studies, and Journal of Political Philosophy. Together with Nils Holtug he has edited Egalitarianism.
SUNE LÆGAARD is Assistant Professor in Philosophy and affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published on issues of multiculturalism and nationalism in journals including Political Studies, Politics, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, and Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Description
The contributions to this anthology address and refine the still emerging theoretical debates about multiculturalism, nationalism and immigration. They focus especially on multiculturalism and nationalism as factual consequences of, and normative responses to, immigration.
The unifying theme of the articles thus concerns the (lack of) normative significance of culture, both in arguments about how immigration and the resulting diversity should be handled, and as the object of political claims more generally. The contributions share a heightened and admirable sensitivity to the complexities of these issues. While most contributors believe that some form of multiculturalism follows from acceptance of liberal egalitarian principles, all qualify or question general models of multiculturalism and emphasize the mutuality of obligations.
Collectively, the authors show simple discussions of multiculturalism and nationalism to be implausible, while providing a range of examples showing how a theoretically more satisfactory kind of discussion of multiculturalism and nationalism might proceed. The anthology also offers a tidy, introductory overview of the field.
List of Contributors:
Simon Caney, Joseph Carens, Andreas Føllesdal, Nils Holtug, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Sune Lægaard, Samuel Scheffler, Daniel Weinstock.
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Multiculturalism and Nationalism in a World of Immigration; S.Lægaard
Liberal Nationalism on Immigration; S.Lægaard
Cosmopolitanism, Culture and Well-Being: A Cosmopolitan Perspective on Multiculturalism; S.Caney
The Luck-Egalitarian Argument for Group Rights; K.Lippert-Rasmussen
Equality and Difference-blind Rights; N.Holtug
Immigration and the Significance of Culture; S.Scheffler
Fear vs. Fairness: Migration, Citizenship, and the Transformation of Political Community; J.Carens
Immigration and Reciprocity; D.Weinstock
If there is no Common and Unique European Identity, should we Create One?; A.Follesdal
Bibliography
Index
Authors
NILS HOLTUG is Director of the Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has co-edited Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality and has been published in journals including Analysis, Bioethics, Economics and Philosophy, and Journal of Ethics.
KASPER LIPPERT-RASMUSSEN is Professor in Political Theory at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published numerous articles on moral and political philosophy in journals including Philosophy and Public Affairs, Ethics, Philosophical Studies, and Journal of Political Philosophy. Together with Nils Holtug he has edited Egalitarianism.
SUNE LÆGAARD is Assistant Professor in Philosophy and affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Equality and Multiculturalism at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published on issues of multiculturalism and nationalism in journals including Political Studies, Politics, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, and Journal of Applied Philosophy.
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