Multicultural minority claims clash with citizenship’s universalist individualist ideals

Evidence

Cultural heterogeneity constitutes a real test of the strength of citizenship rights. Modern citizenship emerged in societies which saw themselves as profoundly monocultural. It rested on a universalist ideal according to which all citizens were granted the same rights and duties. Nowadays, most societies are de facto multicultural. Ethnocultural and national minorities often make specific claims (recognition, autonomy, special treatment, etc.). Minority claims have for a long time been considered to be incompatible with modern citizenship precisely because they were considered to be particularistic as opposed to universalist and because they were asking for collective as opposed to individual rights. Attempts to reconcile universalism and particularism, individual rights and collective rights, in a renewed conception of citizenship have been developed by political theorists and sociologists who have introduced the notion of multicultural citizenship (Castles, 1994; Kymlicka, 1995). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 830 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Multiculturalism emerged as minority groups’ demand for public recognition of their identities — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 867; Western secularism claims universality while resisting genuine multicultural inclusion — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 296; Multicultural citizenship reconciles universal rights with minority particularistic claims — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 830 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Multicultural citizenship reconciles universal rights with minority particularistic claims #contradicts (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 830