ISBN:
9781138845213
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (229 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Parallel Title:
Print version Authenticity, Autonomy and Multiculturalism
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The concept of ""authenticity"" enters multicultural politics in three distinct but interrelated senses: as an ideal of individual and group identity that commands recognition by others; as a condition of individuals' autonomy that bestows legitimacy on their values, beliefs and preferences as being their own; and as a form of cultural pedigree that bestows legitimacy on particular beliefs and practices (commonly called ""cultural authenticity""). In each case, the authenticity idea is called on to anchor or legitimate claims to some kind of public recognition. The considerable work asked of t
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgement; 1. Authenticity and the multiculturalism debates; Identity authenticity; Preference authenticity; Cultural authenticity; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part I: Individual autonomy andcultural identity; 2. Autonomy and social disorientation; Autonomy, authenticity and practical identities; The social structure of practical identities; Practical identities and social disorientation; Social identities and reorientation; Conclusions: recognition, respect and self-constitution
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsNotes; References; 3. Autonomy and multiculturalism; Lack-of-autonomy judgments; Autonomy and liberalism; The practice of autonomy; Some possible objections; Conclusion; Note; References; 4. Belief, autonomy and responsibility: The case of indirect religious discrimination; Indirect religious discrimination; Choosing to believe; Freedom of belief and its implications; Beliefs and bearing responsibility for consequences; The case for providing against indirect religious discrimination; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part II: Debating preference andcultural authenticity
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Against authenticityThe dangers of authenticity; R (on the application of Begum) v. Governors of Denbigh High School; Religion and culture; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. Individual or collective autonomy and/or cultural authenticity?: In defense of minimalism; Individual autonomy and authenticity; Collective autonomy and cultural authenticity; Authenticity as honesty or sincerity: how to judge the authenticity of the individual's cultural commitments or choices?; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 7. Authenticity and the third-person perspective; A brief genealogy
Description / Table of Contents:
Conceptions of authenticityAuthenticity and the third-person perspective; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part III: Pluralizing authenticity; 8. What is wrong with a liberal assessment of religious authenticity?; Subjective authenticity and liberal multicultural theory; Subjective authenticity in practice; Objective authenticity in practice; Beyond authenticity? Compelling interests and dialogical approaches; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9. Analyzing "authenticity" in the litigation of cultural claims: Reflections on the role of expertise
Description / Table of Contents:
The concepts of culture and authenticityCultural evidence in the courtroom: anthropologists as experts; How the experts view legal processes; Judicial assessment of the "authenticity" of cultural traditions; Normative considerations; Conclusion; Notes; References; 10. Authenticity and Jewish self-hatred; The concept of Jewish self-hatred; The charge of Jewish self-hatred in debates about Israeli policies; Alienation and authenticity; Some moral complexities of debates over Israeli policies; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
