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Full Idea
The evidence suggests that (contrary to the Marxist view) the status hierarchy is not reducible to the economic hierarchy.
Gist of Idea
The status hierarchy is independent of the economic hierarchy
Source
Will Kymlicka (Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd edn) [2002], 8)
Book Ref
Kymlicka,Will: 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (2nd ed)' [OUP 2002], p.333
A Reaction
Kymlicka is particularly thinking of racism, which lowers the status of certain groups, even if they are economically successful. I console myself for my modest economic status by getting lots of education.
| 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] |