Constructions of Cultural Identity: Multiculturalism and Exclusion

Sasja Tempelman

Political Studies, 1999, vol. 47, issue 1, 17-31

Abstract: The article identifies a core dilemma in the debate on multiculturalism: although the politics of recognition aims at including cultural groups within the political community, it may inevitably have exclusive effects of its own. This dilemma is illuminated by an investigation of the attempts by Charles Taylor, Bhikhu Parekh and Will Kymlicka to develop a theory of multiculturalism. Using a typology of multiculturalist approaches, the paper identifies the exclusive consequences of each theory. Rather than seek an alternative non‐exclusive politics of recognition, it argues for an approach that distinguishes between situations of multiculturalism.

Date: 1999
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