Liberalism, Community, and Culture

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Clarendon Press, 1991 - Political Science - 280 pages
Liberalism is often described as a theory about the proper relationship between the individual and the state. But liberalism also contains a broader account of the relationship between the individual and society. Kymlicka here presents the liberal view about the nature and value of community culture in an unusually explicit and systematic way, and links it to more familiar liberal views on individual rights and state neutrality.
 

Contents

Liberalism
10
The Right and the Good
21
Communitarianism and the Self
47
Taylors Social Thesis
74
Marxism and The Critique of Justice
100
LIBERALISM AND CULTURAL MEMBERSHIP
133
Liberalism in Culturally Plural Societies
135
The Value of Cultural Membership
162
Minority Rights and the Liberal Tradition
206
Walzer and Minority Rights
220
Communitarianism and Minority Rights
237
Apartheid in South Africa
245
Conclusion
253
Bibliography
259
Index
275
Copyright

Equality for Minority Cultures
182

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Will Kymlicka teaches in philosophy departments at the University of Toronto and Queen's University, Canada

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