Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism? For Philosophia Symposium on Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021)

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael

Abstract

This article explains why I decided to write the book Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021), my appreciation of multiculturalism, and my puzzlement when I heard growing attacks on multiculturalism, describing it as one of the causes of extremist ideology and radicalization. Those attacks brought me to write this book.
I discuss some of the main themes of my book: male circumcision, which was the most difficult chapter for me to write; Amish education that brought to my attention a new concern, child abuse, of which I was not aware at first; legal precedents concerning women and minorities and, finally, the two countries I examined in which security considerations underlie and trigger discrimination against minorities: France and Israel.

Citation

Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism? For Philosophia Symposium on Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021). Philosophia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00541-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 27, 2022
• Publication Date: Jul 27, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 28, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 28, 2023
• Journal: Philosophia
• Print ISSN: 0048-3893
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00541-9
• Keywords: Circumcision; Culture; France; Israel; Liberalism; Multiculturalism; Racism; Religion; Tolerance
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4040864