From the Claim of Differences to the Construction of Social Homogeneity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6384199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Javier De Lucas (0000-0003-0723-6086, Universitat de València, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Swiss Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1424-7755 • E-ISSN: 1662-6370 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1662-6370.1995.tb00003.x |
| OpenAlex | W2011345130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
In this paper, I discuss the (in)compatibility between democracy and ethic universalism on the one hand, and absolute respect of collective ethnic or national minority groups on the other. Ethic relativism will have to be acknowledged a consequence of cultural pluralism in light of the ethnocentric tendencies that loom behind the concept of universalism. In other words, I call for a discussion of a contradiction that lies at the heart of the democratic idea of representative government; namely, that universal franchise can co‐exist with citizenship and nationality as defined by the nation‐state project. I argue that the legal and political concepts of citizenship and nationality serve to seal the social systems in which they are embedded. In a world of “international migrations” that framework is no longer justifiable
Citizenship · Democracy · Epistemology · Ethnocentrism · Immigration · Law and economics · Nationality · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Universalism · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religious Education and Schools
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |