- Liberal Düşünce Dergisi
- Vol: 26 Issue: 102
- Liberal Çokkültürlülük ve İnsan Hakları Söylemi: Will Kymlicka’nın Katkısı
Liberal Çokkültürlülük ve İnsan Hakları Söylemi: Will Kymlicka’nın Katkısı
Authors : Ravza Cakir
Pages : 85-103
Doi:10.36484/liberal.892404
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Publication Date : 2021-06-18
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Multiculturalism formulates inclusive and accommodative ways to respond to culturally and religiously diverse Western societies. Liberal multiculturalists such as Will Kymlicka are the pioneers in providing normative relevance of cultural membership to liberal theory and human rights paradigm. This paper will examine Kymlicka’s re-evaluation of liberalism in justifying cultural practice as a right. Kymlicka highlights the importance of the community and group to the individual’s private and public life, insisting that the realization of human rights is intrinsically bound with minority and cultural rights. His liberal multiculturalist rationale for cultural accommodation is individualistic as Kymlicka appeals to the importance of national and ethnic culture only as a result of their impact on individuals. This paper demonstrates how Kymlicka's liberal multiculturalism extends the agenda of human rights discourse within the context of cultural accommodation.Keywords : Multiculturalism, liberalism, human rights, Will Kymlicka