Differences And Debate Of Multiculturalism And Liberalism

Multi-ethnic, multi-cultural in an unstoppable momentum as the main characteristics of today's world. All racial, gender, ethnic and other issues to an unprecedented extent sharp , emergence of various cultural, political and economic aspirations a serious impact on the many theoretical premise of liberalism. In the theoretical circle, liberalism was questioned and challenged from the community, feminist, multi-cultural, and other schools in a number of theoretical, Multiculturalism hope the cultural diversity and respect for difference in a full-scale conflict on the liberalism's universalism, such conflicts not only reflected in the freedom, equality, difference, and many other areas, but also in civic identity, nation-state building on a range of issues.The dissatation mainly explains four differences and controversy between on the liberalism and multiculturalism : First, differences and controversy on citizenship and identity of the ethnic , the pursuit of liberalism is built on the basis of the universal individualism citizenship, but in the view of the cultural diversity that the homogenization of neglect ideals led to the ethnic minorities oppressed, marginalized, as proposed by the ethnic identity of citizenship added that the difference in achieving minorities rights; second, both on the concept of equality differences exist, liberalism pursuit of equal rights, equal start. In the view of the cultural diversity, beyond the general equality of difference not only failed to achieve true equality, they have a new oppression, put forward the "political differences" generally equal to correct the deficiencies and achieve real equality clause ;Third, both in the national assimilation, and the Construction of the nation-state differences exist, liberalism on the nation-state has a special preference, the nation-state building their country and the nation to the coincidence, the essence of which is a national policy of assimilation, cultural diversity the assimilation policy of this nation to have a strong and criticized by respecting national identity, the common prosperity of all ethnic groups that, and turn them into people of different ethnic groups to coexist peacefully in a democratic framework of a theoretical efforts; fourth, Taken in the multi-cultural integration is the political will pose a threat to the success of the political integration of the multi-cultural integration poses a serious on the issue of differences and disputes, liberalism pessimistically that cultural identity will have a strong impact on national identity, ethnic Differences will undermine the political one, but multi-cultural have an optimistic attitude that countries such as the formulation of public policies in the process of minorities to fully consider the interests and demands, in order to ensure fair treatment of all cultural groups and take some differential treatment principle, so as to prevent similar conflicts.The differences and controversy between liberalism and Multiculturalism will perpetuate ,this is useful, and form sides of the argument, we can have a more comprehensive and objective understanding on the existing political order and our faces and the two. In the multi-cultural and Liberlism repair their own theory , and make our own theories gradually moving towards maturity and at the same time, but also has provided useful experience and enlightenment for building our future political democracy. The two sides not only have differences side but also have "harmonious interaction," in a cultural pluralism country what kind of political of construct is truly appropriate, in theory, we also need to do more exploration.