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Equality and diversity in the global era seyla benhabib on. Listed on this webpage are a number of papers that professor benhabib has written on various topics and for various events. A brave and beautiful book that grows in power and poignancy after 911. Toward new democratic imaginaries seyla benhabib springer. The claims of culture was written against the background of a worldwide trend when cultural identities, and in particular cultural differences evolved. Equality and diversity in the global era and unni wikan, generous betrayal. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, seyla benhabib challenges the assumption shared by. Pdf on jun 1, 2006, seyla benhabib and others published the claims of culture find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Rejecting the dismal view that the global world will be mired in the clash of civilizations and the culture wars, benhabib restores our faith in the human need to narrativize the historical and cultural experiences of self and other. Human rights, sovereignty and democratic iterations lecture.

Toward new democratic imaginaries istanbul seminars on islam, culture and. Drawing on contemporary cultural politics from western europe, canada, and the united states, benhabib develops a doubletrack model of deliberative democracy that permits maximum cultural contestation within the official public sphere as well as in and through social movements and the institutions of civil society. In the words of terence turner such a view reductionist sociology of culture risks essentializing the idea of culture as the property o fan ethnic group or race. How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught. Seyla benhabib s the claims of culture seeks the appropriate response in demo cratic theory to demands for differential legal or political treatment made in the name of cultural difference. Yet discussion of these tensions is marred by exaggerated talk of. Human rights global culture international institutions. Equality and diversity in the global era benhabib, seyla on. Papers seyla benhabib yale campuspress yale university. Dilemmas of citizenship in contemporary europe the principles of discourse ethics require that all those affected by the consequences of the. If you do not have a pdf reader, you can download the free adobe reader at. The claims of culture, equality and diversity in the global era, seyla benhabib 2002, princeton university press, chapter six. In her recent book the claims of culture, seyla benhabib brings our attention to.