Group-driven recognition struggles retool liberal self-rule at the level of the group

Evidence

This focus on group rights as an element of justice has also been taken up by multicultural pluralists looking for a liberal justification for group difference and self-rule. Both Galston (2002) and Tully (1995) note the relationship between demands for recognition and demands for forms of group autonomy. Tully (p. 6) argues that multicultural demands for recognition ‘share a traditional political motif : the injustice of an alien form of rule and the aspiration to self rule in accord with one’s own customs and ways’. Similarly, for Raz, multiculturalism ‘emphasizes the role of cultures as a precondition for, and a factor which give shape and content to, individual freedom’ (Raz 1994: 163). Such struggles are struggles for liberty, autonomy, and self-rule—certainly enduring characteristics of liberal justice, yet at the level of the group. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 155

Categorization

• XREF: Ties group-recognition demands to self-rule and autonomy — connects to recognition-justice theory already extracted from chs 14-22 of this same book (Fraser, Taylor, Tully). — connects to: Justice theory must extend capabilities to groups, not just individuals — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 160; Recognition without redistributive power fails to secure freedom for marginalized groups — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 163; Mutual recognition establishes a symmetrical dependence between self and Other (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Recognition without redistributive power fails to secure freedom for marginalized groups #complicates (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 163
• Mutual recognition establishes a symmetrical dependence between self and Other #expands (0.85)