Livros #9
Culture and Equality. An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism
de Brian Barry (Arnold A. Saltzman Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of Philosophy, Columbia University; Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics)
Cambridge, Polity, 2001, 412 pp.
Numa altura em que vai ser indispensável discutir as políticas adequadas para responder à desintegração revelada pelos motins em França, esta é uma obra fundamental. Uma crítica do multiculturalismo na continuidade da obra de Rawls. Barry argumenta que o “liberalismo igualitário” constitui a melhor alternativa ao multiculturalismo, o qual, exagerando a origem cultural da situação de desprivilégio das minorias, minaria políticas redistributivas cuja eficácia depende da salvaguarda de princípios universalistas.
Índice «Preface / Part I. Multiculturalism and Equal Treatment / 1. Introduction / 2. The Strategy of Privatization / 3. The Dynamics of Identity: Assimilation, Acculturation and Difference / Part II. Multiculturalism and Groups / 4. Theories of Group Rights / 5. Liberalism and Illiberal Religions / 6. The Public Stake in the Arts and Education / Part III. Multiculturalism and Egalitarianism / 7. The Abuse of 'Culture' / 8. The Politics of Multiculturalism / Notes / Index.»
O debate sobre o polémico livro de Brian Barry deu origem a
Multiculturalism Reconsidered. “Culture and Equality” and its Critics
organizado por Payk Kelly
Cambridge, Polity, 2002, 256 pp.
Índice «Introduction: Between Culture and Equality (Paul Kelly) / 1. Liberalism and the Accommodation of Group Claims (Samuel Freeman) / 2. Choice, Chance and Multiculturalism (Susan Mendus) / 3. Liberalism, Equal Opportunities and Cultural Commitments (David Miller) / 4. Defending some Dodos: Equality and/or Liberty? (Paul Kelly) / 5. Equal Treatment, Exceptions and Cultural Diversity (Simon Caney) / 6. The Illiberal Liberal: Barry’s Polemical Attack on Multiculturalism (James Tully) / 7. Culture, Equality and Diversity (Judith Squires) / 8. Barry and the Limits (or Dangers) of Liberalism (Bhikhu Parekh) / 9. All Must Have Prizes: The Liberal Case for Interference in Cultural Practices (Clare Chambers) / 10. Democratic Justice and Multicultural Recognition (Ian Shapiro) / 11. The Life of Brian, or Now for Something Completely Difference Blind (Chandran Kukathas) / 12. Second Thoughts: And Some First Thoughts Revived (Brian Barry) / Index.»
