Working to Multiculturalise My Country

Working to Multiculturalise My Country

Modood comments on the criticisms of his book. He asserts that he is aware of the need to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable forms of religious identities and specifically that there is a rising Christianist identitarian movement taking place in Europe that is intertwined with a racist...

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Published in:ReOrient Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 230 - 239
Main Author: Modood, Tariq
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Pluto Journals 01-04-2021
Subjects:
Civic nationalism
Cosmopolitanism
Hinduism
Hindus
Identity
Individualism
Islam
Islamism
Liberalism
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Muslims
Nationalism
Politics
Racism
Rushdie, Salman
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Europe
Western Europe
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Summary:Modood comments on the criticisms of his book. He asserts that he is aware of the need to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable forms of religious identities and specifically that there is a rising Christianist identitarian movement taking place in Europe that is intertwined with a racist nationalism or Europeanism. That however, is not a good reason for excluding Christian identity from a multiculturalist nationalism, any more than the existence of an anti-multiculturalist Islamism is a reason for excluding Muslim identity accommodation, or the presence of Muslim-hating Hindu politics for excluding Hindus as such. We have to oppose all such mono-identity ideologies and nationalisms. He argues that his additive multicultural nationalism is meant to be a rallying alterative to them as well as two popular liberal alternatives, namely, a culturally neutral individualism with civic nationalism, or alternatively, cosmopolitanism.
ISSN:2055-5601
2055-561X
2055-561X
DOI:10.13169/REORIENT.6.2.0230