Multiculturalism Without Culture
by Anne Phillips
Gender is given a prominence in this book which is not found in the other books. When you think about it, many of the specific controversies in relation to multiculturalism involve women and arguments about gender. Anne Philips is a feminist who believes that her position is compatible with multiculturalism and she offers a defence of it
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“Anne Phillips is a professor at the London School of Economics and gender is given a prominence in this book which is not found in the other books. Actually, when you think about it, many of the specific controversies in relation to multiculturalism involve women and arguments about gender. These are things like the burqa, female circumcision, polygamy, the age of consent and arranged marriages…What is good about this book is that Anne Phillips is a feminist who believes that her position is compatible with multiculturalism and she offers a defence of multiculturalism in her book. She thinks that it is possible to find a path through the kind of controversies I have mentioned, which is respectful of women’s rights on the one hand and of cultural difference on the other – hence, the title of her book.” Read more...
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