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The Democratic Predicament - Cultural Diversity in Europe and India (Paperback)
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The Democratic Predicament - Cultural Diversity in Europe and India (Paperback)
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Both India and Europe have been undergoing a difficult process of
negotiating cultural, religious and ethnic diversity within their
democratic frameworks. In fact, recent incidents of xenophobic
backlash against multiculturalism and minority communities in
Europe, as well as myriad movements for constitutional recognition
of castes, tribes and languages and the emergence of Islamophobic
terror in India, question the conventional idea of democracy as the
idyllic preserver of diversity. This volume contests the simplistic
connection between democracy and diversity by proposing that
democracy, in fact, produces, sediments and reinforces cultural
heterogeneity. It argues that in democratic polities, disparate
cultural practices are often converted into identity categories,
with disturbing implications for national identity,
constitutionalism, political governance and citizenship. While
mobilizations on the plank of cultural differences are typically
viewed as being born in undemocratic spaces with little toleration
for diversity, they also find fertile soil in democracy insofar as
democracy celebrates diversity and allows cultural dissent to
thrive. Such dissent, while essential for democracy, has difficult
consequences. Examining the fundamental conflict between
constructions of particular cultural identities and mandates of a
unifying democratic ethos, the book brings forth the complexities
underlying the politics of identity recognition and national
integration. In making a radical intervention in the discourse,
this volume offers a critique of existing paradigms of
multiculturalism. It will interest scholars and students of
political science, sociology, and postcolonial and comparative
studies.
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