Multiculturalism

EXAMINING THE POLITICS

OF RECOGNITION

CHARLES TAYLOR

K. ANTHONY APPIAH
J RGEN HABERMAS
STEVEN C. ROCKEFELLER
MICHAEL WALZER
SUSAN WOLF

Edited and Introduced by AMY GUTMANN

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Multiculturalism: examining the politics of recognition /
Charles Taylor . . . [et al.]; edited and introduced by Amy Gutmann.
p. cm.
Expanded ed. of: Multiculturalism and The politics of recognition /
Charles Taylor. c1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-03779-5 (PA)
1. MulticulturalismUnited States. 2. Multiculturalism.
3. MinoritiesUnited StatesPolitical activity. 4. Minorities
Political activity. 5. Political cultureUnited States.
6. Political culture. I. Taylor, Charles, 1931 .
II. Gutmann, Amy. III. Taylor, Charles, 1931 Multiculturalism
and The politics of recognition.
E184.A1M84 1994
305.800973dc20 94-19602

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 Contents

Preface (1994) ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

PART ONE 1
Introduction
Amy Gutmann 3
The Politics of Recognition
Charles Taylor 25
Comment
Susan Wolf 75
Comment
Steven C. Rockefeller 87
Comment
Michael Walzer 99

PART TWO 105

Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic
Constitutional State
Jrgen Habermas
Translated by Shierry Weber Nicholsen 107
Identity, Authenticity, Survival: Multicultural
Societies and Social Reproduction
K. Anthony Appiah 149

Contributors 165
Index 169