Rethinking biculturalism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2401635
AutoresElizabeth Rata (0000-0003-1918-6792, University of Auckland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen5
Número3
Páginas267-284
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropological Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1463-4996 • E-ISSN: 1741-2641
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1463499605055960
OpenAlexW4248095310
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas14

Biculturalism is New Zealand's experience of the shift from class to identity politics and multiculturalism that has characterized a number of liberal democracies since the 1970s. Originally a progressive project committed to incorporating Maori culture into the nation's symbolic identity, biculturalism became the vehicle for separatist ethnic politics and a fundamentalist 'blood and soil' ideology under the control of an emergent neotribal elite. This article traces the shifts in biculturalism and its damaging effects on the conditions required for democracy. It argues that national identity within a universalist concept of humanity, rather than a localized and essentialized ethnic identity, is more likely to ensure the maintenance of the nation-state within the global community

Aesthetics · Biculturalism · Democracy · Elite · Ethnic group · Humanity · Identity (music · Identity politics · Ideology · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies