Multiculturalism

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At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohesion, Tariq Modood, one of the world's leading authorities on multiculturalism, provides a distinctive contribution to these debates. He contends that the rise of Islamic terrorism has neither discredited multiculturalism nor heralded a clash of civilizations. Instead, it has highlighted a central challenge for the 21st century - the urgent need to include Muslims in contemporary conceptions of democratic citizenship. In the second edition of this popular and compelling book, Modood updates his original argument with two new chapters. He reassesses the relationship between multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and assimilation, demonstrating that multiculturalism is crucial for successful integration. He also argues that while multiculturalism poses a significant challenge to existing forms of secularism, this challenge should not be exaggerated into a crisis. In so doing, Modood adds new vigor to the claim that multiculturalism remains a living force which is shaping our polities, even as its death is repeatedly announced. This book will appeal to students, researchers and teachers of politics, sociology and public policy, as well as to anyone interested in the prospects of multiculturalism today.

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"Rich, stimulating, and helpful in the sense that it allows thereader to understand the background of current politicaldiscussions about multiculturalism." LSE Review of Books "Provides a robust defence of multiculturalism against itsprominent antagonists on the left, right and centre in Britain andEurope." Magazine of the British SociologicalAssociation "At a moment when many declare multiculturalism to be dead, TariqModood shows that it is actually quite alive and explains why itdeserves to be so. The first edition of this book was excellent,and the second is even better. Multiculturalism issociologically detailed, theoretically rich and highlyaccessible." Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto "This important book is an authoritative and subtle analysis aswell as a robust and well argued defence of multiculturalism. Itcuts through much conceptual fog surrounding the subject, and showswhy multiculturalism in some form is a necessary precondition ofsocial cohesion." Lord Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster "Multiculturalism is, in my view, the best introduction towhat has become a central concern of contemporary liberal politics.More than that, it is a significant contribution to the ongoingdebate on the acceptable limits of cultural difference in ademocracy. Well-informed on questions of crucial fact, skilled inthe deployment of relevant social theory, Modood has given us animportant book that should be read carefully by everyone who wantsto think sanely about our plural societies." Talal Asad, CUNY Graduate Center, New York Modood's important and challenging book is a much neededvoice of caution in the headlong rush to abandon multiculturalismand all it stands for. There is much that critics ofmulticulturalism can and must learn from this book. It should alsobe compulsory reading for all engaged in British politicallife. Paul Kelly, London School of Economics and Political Science
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