How Canada Killed Multiculturalism

Elke Winter's latest work on pluralism and national identity has an iconoclastic quality that helps put Canadian multiculturalism in a new and more interesting light. But it also raises troubling questions about how this national tradition operates. This critique focuses on six aspects of her w...

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Published in:Canadian ethnic studies 2011-03, Vol.43 (1), p.253-264
Main Author: Frost, Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Alliances
Ambiguity
Analysis
Canada
Canadian studies
Cultural Pluralism
Dualism
English language
Ethics
Ethnicity
French language
Genius
Immigrants
Innis, Harold
Intention
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism & pluralism
National Identity
Nationalism
Negotiation
Otherness
Pluralism
Political Development
Social groups
Social integration
Social structure
Winter, Elke
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Summary:Elke Winter's latest work on pluralism and national identity has an iconoclastic quality that helps put Canadian multiculturalism in a new and more interesting light. But it also raises troubling questions about how this national tradition operates. This critique focuses on six aspects of her work: 1) the othering process that persists within the pluralist dynamic; 2) the moral questions surrounding negotiation; 3) whether normative pluralism has any moral qualities; 4) the absence of intention in the process she describes; 5) the implications of her work for our understanding of nation-building; and 6) the conformist qualities of Canadian multiculturalism. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0008-3496
1913-8253
1913-8253
DOI:10.1353/ces.2011.0012