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• Authors: Edward Możejko

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A Great Chance or an Illusion. Multiculturalism in the Age of Postmodernity

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Edward Możejko "A Great Chance or an Illusion. Multiculturalism in the Age of Postmodernity" "A Great Chance or an Illusion. Multiculturalism in the Age of Postmodernity" takes as its starting point a discus­sion of Charles Taylor's essay "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition". Moiejko, following Taylor, reconstructs the development of the ideological and philosophical foundations of multiculturalism. However, he points to the fundamental difficulty connected with the definition of multiculturalism, the impossibility of so­lving its ambiguity and reducing its polysemy. Moiejko distinguishes official multiculturalism (characterised by the assumption and recognition of the equality of all cultures in terms of their geography, races and religions) and unofficial multiculturalism (which implies a form of activity meant to prevent the repression of selected social and ethnic groups and their identities). What remains the central issue in all discussions of multiculturalism is our attitude to the Other and the relationships which originate from an encounter with other cultures and identities.

EN

Edward Możejko "A Great Chance or an Illusion. Multiculturalism in the Age of Postmodernity" "A Great Chance or an Illusion. Multiculturalism in the Age of Postmodernity" takes as its starting point a discus­sion of Charles Taylor's essay "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition". Moiejko, following Taylor, reconstructs the development of the ideological and philosophical foundations of multiculturalism. However, he points to the fundamental difficulty connected with the definition of multiculturalism, the impossibility of so­lving its ambiguity and reducing its polysemy. Moiejko distinguishes official multiculturalism (characterised by the assumption and recognition of the equality of all cultures in terms of their geography, races and religions) and unofficial multiculturalism (which implies a form of activity meant to prevent the repression of selected social and ethnic groups and their identities). What remains the central issue in all discussions of multiculturalism is our attitude to the Other and the relationships which originate from an encounter with other cultures and identities.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach / Śląsk Sp. z o.o. Wydawnictwo Naukowe
• Journal: ER(R)GO: Teoria – Literatura – Kultura
• Year: 2003
• Issue: 6

Dates

published

2003-01-01

Contributors

author

Edward Możejko