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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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'One of the most pressing issues for contemporary democracies is how to understand and accommodate the plurality of groups that constitute modern life. Examining the works of John Stuart Mill, Dahl, Rawls, Kymlicka, and other prominent theorists of liberal pluralism, Smits shows that all too often groups have been conceived as merely expressing alternative interests or moral perspectives. In contrast, because of the role of groups in the formation of personal identity, the author convincingly argues that many groups are making a claim for recognition of the authenticity of their identity, as a precondition for securing a legitimate voice in public affairs. This approach helps us understand what is really at stake, for example, in struggles over Islamic dress in public schools in France. Smits's book is engaging, timely, and deeply illuminating.'
- John F. Sitton, author of Habermas and Contemporary Society
"Smits performs the valuable services of situating recent debates about liberal pluralism and liberal multiculturalism in the context of 19th-century liberal thought; of reminding readers of the institutional and sociological flexibility of liberalism, the diversity of the resources available within liberal political thought; and of recovering some of what was obscured in the liberal tradition by the twinned turns to the nation and to the state."
- Jacob T. Levy, University of Chicago
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reconstructing Post-Nationalist Liberal Pluralism
Book Subtitle: From Interest to Identity
Authors: Katherine Smits
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980168
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Katherine Smits 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7019-0Published: 13 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53180-6Published: 13 December 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-8016-8Published: 09 December 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 198
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, International Relations