War of Words: Interculturalism v. Multiculturalism

Joppke, Christian (2018). War of Words: Interculturalism v. Multiculturalism. Comparative migration studies, 6(11), pp. 1-10. Springer Open 10.1186/s40878-018-0079-1

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This article tackles the relationship between interculturalism and multiculturalism from the points of view of both. Interculturalism owes its existence to a critique of multiculturalism, but of highly distorted visions of it. I distinguish between two versions of interculturalism, a majoritarian (practiced in Québec) and a post-majoritarian (in Europe), which yield diametrically opposed visions of multiculturalism, as either footloose cosmopolitan or parochial-segregationist. Among the problems of interculturalism is the vacuity of the local as its preferred site of intervention, and its rushed embracing of “diversity” that is also a central plank of neoliberal ideology.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Sociology

UniBE Contributor:

Joppke, Christian Georg

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

ISSN:

2214-594X

Publisher:

Springer Open

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marlène Breidenbach

Date Deposited:

17 Apr 2019 09:27

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1186/s40878-018-0079-1

PubMed ID:

29780693

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125051

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125051

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