Do I need ethnic culture to be free? A critique of Will Kymlicka's liberal nationalism

dc.contributor.authorPiper, Laurence
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-01T09:46:48Z
dc.date.available2021-02-01T09:46:48Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractAs part of a vigorous debate about the politics of multiculturalism, Will Kymlicka has sought to find grounds within liberal political theory to defend rights for cultural groups. Kymlicka argues that the individual's ability to choose the good life necessarily takes place in a cultural context such that access to one's ethnic or national culture constitutes a condition of autonomy. Thus, in liberal societies where the culture of minority ethnic groups or nations is under threat, these groups should enjoy certain special rights so as to up hold the autonomy of their individual members. However, Kymlicka's ‘liberal nationalist' argument relies on a problematic isomorphism between culture and identity. Very simply, I shall argue that an individual's culture is not necessarily given by their membership of an ethnic group or nation, thus breaking the link between individual autonomy and rights for ethnic groups or nations.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-0136
dc.identifier.uri10.4314/sajpem.v21i3.31344
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5802
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAJOLen_US
dc.subjectEthnic cultureen_US
dc.subjectLiberal nationalismen_US
dc.subjectRights of cultural groupsen_US
dc.subjectPrivilegeen_US
dc.subjectLiberal societiesen_US
dc.titleDo I need ethnic culture to be free? A critique of Will Kymlicka's liberal nationalismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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