The culturalist challenge to liberal republicanism / Michael Lusztig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lusztig, Michael, author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas.

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republicanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages).

Place of Publication:

Montreal, [Quebećbec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"It is tempting to think of liberal democracy in terms of immortality. Democracies have survived wars and depressions, Nazis and communists--so much so that at the end of the Cold War Francis Fukuyama famously declared the 'end of history.' In The Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism, Michael Lusztig assesses the risks that multiculturalism and other forms of culturalism pose to liberal democracy. Establishing the nature of the current regime and exploring the emergence of a cogent theory of justice grounded in both liberal and republican theory, Lusztig demonstrates the inconsistencies between liberal republicanism and culturalist theories of justice. Exploring both the institutional and cultural effects of the tension between culturalism and liberal republicanism, he seeks a balanced view that falls somewhere between Fukuyama's optimism for regime mortality and the pessimism inherent in the work of more conservative theorists like Samuel Huntington. Lusztig concludes that the narrowness of liberal republican justice is ameliorated by multiculturalism, but the hidden danger is that multiculturalism can serve as a stalking horse for more pernicious agendas. Given the increasing cultural diversity faced by North American and European nations, The Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism has important implications for political stability in the 21st century."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The end of history or the end of the world?

Greatness, goodness, and equality

Liberal republicanism : liberty, obligation, and purpose

A liberal republican code of justice

Multiculturalism and justice

A typology of culturalism

Welfare, immigration, and cultural appropriation

Challenging the participatory ideal

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2017).

ISBN:

9780773551701

0773551700

9780773551718

0773551719

OCLC:

980364646