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Multiculturalism and nationalism

Models of belonging to diverse political community

Bibliographic Data

ID6307103
AuthorsC Chin (0000-0003-4373-5085, School of Social and Political Sciences University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume27
Issue1
Pages112-129
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12657
OpenAlexW3047722617
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited40

Nationalism and multiculturalism seem to have opposed approaches to cultural diversity. However, recent calls for a “multicultural national identity” suggest the need for more nuances on this relation. This paper responds to these calls, and to some initial doubts, providing an account of political community, nationalism and multiculturalism conducive to fuller theorization of a multicultural form of national identity. To do this, it conceptualizes nationalism, liberalism and multiculturalism in terms of the concept of political belonging. It argues that, understood as modes of belonging, nationalism and multiculturalism are not incompatible, and indeed, the latter is a reconstruction of the symbolic terms of social unity of the former. Specifically, multiculturalism entails a form of national belonging that makes cultural difference a constitutive part of national unity, opening possibilities of diverse political community. Key to understanding this is distinguishing between general and specific valuations of diversity within multiculturalism. The paper further argues that a multicultural national identity is a viable alternative to existing models of national identity, offering both a different set of normative prescriptions and an alternative understanding of existing national identity in liberal‐democratic states

Aesthetics · Democracy · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Identity (music · Liberalism · Multiculturalism · National identity · Nationalism · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools

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Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
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