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Multiculturalism: Multiculturalism is a societal model that recognizes the importance of cultural diversity and seeks to promote equality and respect for all cultures within a society. See also Culture, Cultural values, Cultural relativism, Calture tradition.
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Stanley Fish on Multiculturalism - Dictionary of Arguments

Gaus I 256
Multiculturalism/Fish/Kukathas: Not all theories, (...) have been entirely sympathetic to multiculturalism, particularly when the price of cultural diversity has looked like being acceptance of illiberal or tyrannical practice.
Fish: According to Stanley Fish (1998(1): 73—5), no one could genuinely advocate multiculturalism because that would require tolerating all cultures, including those determined to stamp out tolerance. Most multiculturalists are thus not 'real' but 'boutique' multi-culturalists, prepared to tolerate difference for as
Gaus I 257
long as differences are trivial. But regardless of whether Fish's argument is sound - and it is at least
debatable, in light of the long history of debate over the question of the toleration of the intolerant (Heyd, 1996)(2) - some theorists have concluded that when multiculturalism comes into conflict with more important fundamental values, multiculturalism will have to yield. >Diversity/Multiculturalism
, >Customs/Multiculturalism, >Multiculturalism/Political philosophy, >Multiculturalism/Kymlicka, >Multiculturalism/Charles Taylor, >Multiculturalism/Barry.


1. Fish, Stanley (1998) 'Boutique multiculturalism'. In Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger and M. Richard Zinman, eds, Multiculturalism and American Democracy. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press,
2. Heyd, David, ed. (1996) Toleration: An Elusive Virtue. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Kukathas, Chandran 2004. „Nationalism and Multiculturalism“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Fish, Stanley
Gaus I
Gerald F. Gaus
Chandran Kukathas
Handbook of Political Theory London 2004


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