Speaker: Tariq Modood, University of Bristol 

Title: "Multiculturalism without Privileging Liberalism"

The seminars are open for all - please register for a glass of wine !

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The day after the public lecture, on March 15, there will be a workshop with Tariq Modood. Students and faculty are welcome to attend. Please notice there are a limited number of seats. Please contact the organizers if you are interested in joining the workshop at identityandnormativity@gmail.com

The lecture series on identity and normativity is a part of the research project “A Sense of Belonging” led by Associate Professor and CEPDISC fellow Marion Godman and funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. You can read more about the research project "A Sense of Belonging" here

Abstract: Multiculturalism without Privileging Liberalism
Liberalism’s primary medium is that of values, principles and laws. One of the ways to de-absolutise liberalism in relation to multiculturalism and the respectful inclusion of minorities is to recognize the sociological and normative significance of other features of social life. I do so by focusing on the significance of identity and by highlighting the normative role of dialogue in a context of cultural and value conflicts. This offers a bottom-up basis for a political theory of multiculturalism, which is not simply about trends in academic liberalism but is about claims on national citizenship and national identity by those seeking inclusion in a new sense of the national. While a focus on identity, both in terms of recognition and in terms of fostering commonality and societal unity is not sufficient, it is a necessary dimension that political theorists who frame things in terms of liberalism miss, and thereby miss both what needs to be addressed and what is needed for liberal – amongst other – values to be secured. (Nor do socialists, human rights champions, cosmopolitans or localists).