Multiculturalism Rethought

Varun Uberoi is Reader in Political Theory and Public Policy at University of Loughborough Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

• Introduction, Varun Uberoi; PART 1. Traditions of Pluralist Thought, 1: Situating Parekh’s Multiculturalism: Bhikhu Parekh and Twentieth Century British Political Theory, Paul Kelly; 2: Gandhi, Intercultural Dialogue and Global Ethics: An Interpretive Commentary on Bhikhu Parekh’s Work, Thomas Pantham ; : National Identities and Moving Beyond Conservative and Liberal Nationalism', Varun Uberoi; PART 2. Elucidating and Addressing Multicultural Dilemmas, 4: At the Borders of Otherness: Tracing Feminism through Bhikhu Parekh’s Multiculturalism, Monica Mookherjee, 5: Liberty, Equality and Accommodation, Peter Jones; 6: Parekh’s Multiculturalism and Secularism: Religions in Political life, Rajeev Bhargava, 7: Identity, Values and the Law, Raymond Plant; PART 3. New Directions; 8: The Essentialist Critique of Multiculturalism: Theories, Policies, Ethos, Will Kymlicka; 9: Beyond Rules and Rights: Multiculturalism and the Inclusion of Immigrants, Joseph H Carens; 10: Multiculturalism and the Public Sphere, Andrew Gamble; 11: Can Democracy be Multicultural? Can Multiculturalism Be Democratic?, Benjamin Barber; 12: Interculturalism, Multiculturalism, Charles Taylor; 13: Rethinking Multiculturalism, Interculturalisms and the Majority, Tariq Modood.

Bhikhu Parekh has long faced one of the main challenges of political life across the world today. His view of what living in a multicultural society requires of us all now sets the terms for any serious response. This book shows how much and how little other political theorists have so far learnt from him.