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Single Idea 23380

[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / f. Multiculturalism ]

Full Idea

On the view of 'differentiated citizenship', members of certain groups would be incorporated into the community, not only as individuals, but also through the group, and their rights would depend in part on their group membership.

Gist of Idea

Some individuals can gain citizenship as part of a group, rather than as mere individuals

Source

Will Kymlicka (Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd edn) [2002], 8)

Book Ref

Kymlicka,Will: 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd ed)' [OUP 2002], p.329

A Reaction

This is obviously a strategy to enable marginalised individuals to be fully included in society. The downside is that individuals gain their social identity through a label, rather than through themselves, which pure liberals dislike. 'Identity politics'.

Related Ideas

Idea 23376 Modern non-discrimination obliges modern citizens to treat each other as equals [Kymlicka]

Idea 23382 Rights derived from group membership are opposed to the idea of state citizenship [Kymlicka]

The 10 ideas with the same theme [pluralist state which accepts varied cultures]:

23380 Some individuals can gain citizenship as part of a group, rather than as mere individuals [Kymlicka]
23381 The status hierarchy is independent of the economic hierarchy [Kymlicka]
23383 Some multiculturalists defended the rights of cohesive minorities against liberal individualism [Kymlicka]
23384 'Culturalist' liberals say that even liberal individuals may need minority rights [Kymlicka]
23385 Multiculturalism may entail men dominating women in minority groups [Kymlicka]
23386 Liberals must prefer minority right which are freedoms, not restrictions [Kymlicka]
23389 Why shouldn't national minorities have their own right to nation-build? [Kymlicka]
23391 Multiculturalism is liberal if it challenges inequality, conservative if it emphasises common good [Kymlicka]
20554 Multiculturalism is a barrier to the whole state being a community [Swift]
22841 Identity multiculturalism emerges from communitarianism, preferring community to humanity [Charvet]