Queering Multiculturalism

Liberal Theory, Ethnic Pluralism, and the Problem of Minorities-within-Minorities

By (author) Aret Karademir

Publication date:

15 September 2018

Length of book:

274 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

232x157mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781498563598

Queering Multiculturalism argues for group-specific rights for ethno-cultural minorities, but without ignoring that such rights may lead to ethnic chauvinism, balkanization, and the cultural marginalization of minorities-within-minorities, such as ethnic LGBT people. Thus, it aims to construct a liberal theory of minority rights to accommodate ethno-cultural diversity without destroying ethno-sexual diversity, and without privileging one type of minority group over another.

Chapter 1: Liberal Individualism

Chapter 2: Liberal Communitarianism

Chapter 3: Liberal Multiculturalism

Chapter 4: Liberal Multinationalism

Chapter 5: Troubling Minorities

Chapter 6: Anxious Majorities

Chapter 7: The Emancipationist Model of Minority Rights

Chapter 8: Against Cultural Libertarianism

Liberal theory has tended to downplay and even homogenize diverse identities, even as its best thinkers have tried to accommodate them. Aret Karademir points in a new direction, toward an emancipationist model of group-specific rights for minorities as well as the many varieties of queer minorities-within-minorities. This is a groundbreaking book.