Breaking the ties that bind : a critique of liberal multiculturalism

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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Matthew Williamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T17:53:08Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T17:53:08Z
dc.date.copyright2002en_US
dc.date.issued2002
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractFor political theorists Will Kymlicka, CharlesTaylor, and Brian Barry, the question of multiculturalism is posed through an appeal to liberalism as a philosophical doctrine. Although positing variations on what form liberalism should take, they all nonetheless adopt the similar assumption that the question of cultural difference is a question for the liberal democratic state. As an alternative to this rather narrow and limited perspective I argue that a governmentality approach breaks free from the grip of a state-centric ontology and moves us toward an understanding of politics that views liberalism not as a philosophical doctrine or type of society, but as an 'art of government'. Using Foucault's insights into how liberalism arose historically as a problem of government, a governmentality perspective enables us to shift the question of multiculturalism away from the relationship between the state and its citizens, and toward an appreciation of the bio-politics that forms both the limitations to, and possibilities for, thinking about multiculturalism differently. I argue that we need to re-pose the question of multiculturalism in order to deal with contemporary political realities.
dc.format.extent111 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/18292
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dc.titleBreaking the ties that bind : a critique of liberal multiculturalismen_US
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