A critical response to Will Kymlicka´s view of multiculturalism

• Authors: A. Anwarullah Bhuiyan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this article is to consider how multiculturalism, minority rights, and nationbuilding have been defended by Will Kymlicka. For this purpose, I will first attempt to spell out the answers to the following questions: is it possible to defend minority rights in a liberal state? What is the problem regarding this defence of national minorities? Does anybody benefit from minority rights within a nationbuilding process? In order to find out the answer to these questions, I will first introduce the main line of thought found in Will Kymlicka’s views on the defence of the rights of national minorities, the nationbuilding process, and multiculturalism. Later, I will reassess the views of Kymlicka in finding the ways to defend national minorities with the aim of providing support to the minority cultures.

Keywords

EN

multiculturalism; national minority; minority rights; societal culture; nation-building; Heraclitean pluralism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 129-139

Dates

published

2011-06-01

online

2011-06-16

Contributors

author

A. Anwarullah Bhuiyan

• Jahangirnagar University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-011-0015-7