A critique of liberal multiculturalism, towards a critical multiculturalism

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  • José Manuel Fernández Ruiz Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-2201202100052893

Keywords:

Critical multiculturalism, luck egalitarianism, critical theory, indigenous peoples

Abstract

In this essay I develop a critique of Will Kymlicka’s model of multicultural justice, with the purpose of laying down the foundations for a critical multiculturalism. The argument is ordered in the following way. In the first section I analyse Kymlicka’s theory of special rights and identify the central liberal value to which they respond: individual autonomy. In the second section I examine the luck egalitarian foundations of Kymlicka’s theory of special rights. In the third section, I elaborate a general critique to liberal multicultural justice, developing an argument to politicize the claims of indigenous peoples to access to their culture. Basically I argue that the just treatment of indigenous minorities requires recognizing their political self-determination.

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2021-07-19

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A critique of liberal multiculturalism, towards a critical multiculturalism. (2021). ALPHA. Journal of Arts, Literature and Philosophy, 1(52), 243-260. https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-2201202100052893