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Multiculturalism Bites - Audio

The Open University•www3.open.ac.uk

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Multiculturalism is one of the most vexing political issues of our day. How can people with very different values and customs live alongside each other? What is the history of multiculturalism? What are the arguments for and against its various forms? Has it failed? Does it have a future? The Open University's Nigel Warburton interviews ten leading thinkers about the meaning and implications of multiculturalism. David Edmonds introduces each episode.

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Episodes

Tariq Modood on The History of Multiculturalism

In this interview Tariq Modood traces the history of the idea from US civil rights movements in the 1950s and 60s via Canada to present day Europe.

Jul 08, 2011•20 min

Transcript -- Tariq Modood on The History of Multiculturalism

Transcript -- In this interview Tariq Modood traces the history of the idea from US civil rights movements in the 1950s and 60s via Canada to present day Europe.

Jul 08, 2011

Chandran Kukathas on Varieties of Multiculturalism

Chandran Kukathas analyses the varieties of multiculturalism and the implications of a rigorous liberalism.

Jul 08, 2011•18 min

Transcript -- Chandran Kukathas on Varieties of Multiculturalism

Transcript -- Chandran Kukathas analyses the varieties of multiculturalism and the implications of a rigorous liberalism.

Jul 08, 2011

Martha Nussbaum on Disgust

Martha Nussbaum argues that disgust plays to large a role in many people's assessment of those from whom they differ.

Jul 08, 2011•15 min

Transcript -- Martha Nussbaum on Disgust

Transcript -- Martha Nussbaum argues that disgust plays to large a role in many people's assessment of those from whom they differ.

Jul 08, 2011

Clare Chambers on Justifying Intervention

Can a liberal ever intervene in another person's way of living? Clare Chambers argues that in some circumstances intervention is appropriate.

Jul 08, 2011•20 min

Transcript -- Clare Chambers on Justifying Intervention

Transcript -- Can a liberal ever intervene in another person's way of living? Clare Chambers argues that in some circumstances intervention is appropriate.

Jul 08, 2011

Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism and Liberalism

Anne Phillips explores some of the challenges that multiculturalism provides for liberals and in the process questions some assumptions about the nature of culture.

Jul 08, 2011•19 min

Transcript -- Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism and Liberalism

Transcript -- Anne Phillips explores some of the challenges that multiculturalism provides for liberals and in the process questions some assumptions about the nature of culture.

Jul 08, 2011

David Miller on the Welfare State and Multiculturalism

David Miller explains how these two institutions can be perceived as incompatible.

Jul 08, 2011•19 min

Transcript -- David Miller on the Welfare State and Multiculturalism

Transcript -- David Miller explains how these two institutions can be perceived as incompatible.

Jul 08, 2011

Alan Haworth on Free Speech and Multiculturalism

Alan Howarth explores questions of offence and the value of being able to express dissenting or potentially offensive views.

Jul 08, 2011•16 min

Transcript -- Alan Haworth on Free Speech and Multiculturalism

Transcript -- Alan Howarth explores questions of offence and the value of being able to express dissenting or potentially offensive views.

Jul 08, 2011

John Horton on Political Obligation and Multiculturalism

Should members of a minority be obliged to respect the laws imposed by a majority? John Horton discusses this difficult question.

Jul 08, 2011•18 min

Transcript -- John Horton on Political Obligation and Multiculturalism

Transcript -- Should members of a minority be obliged to respect the laws imposed by a majority? John Horton discusses this difficult question.

Jul 08, 2011

Susan Mendus on Toleration

The concept of toleration has a long history; Sue Mendus shows how present day debate is informed by 17th Century discussions.

Jul 08, 2011•20 min

Transcript -- Susan Mendus on Toleration

Transcript -- The concept of toleration has a long history; Sue Mendus shows how present day debate is informed by 17th Century discussions.

Jul 08, 2011

Nancy Fraser on Recognition and Multiculturalism

Recognition and respect are key ideas when it comes to achieving political equality. They are, Nancy Fraser argues, central to the debates surrounding multiculturalism.

Jul 08, 2011•18 min

Transcript -- Nancy Fraser on Recognition and Multiculturalism

Transcript -- Recognition and respect are key ideas when it comes to achieving political equality. They are, Nancy Fraser argues, central to the debates surrounding multiculturalism.

Jul 08, 2011

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