Political Science 4203F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter Kymlicka: Immigrant Language
30 Jan 2020
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Basic principle of liberalism = individual freedom; minority rights can only be endorsed if they follow these freedoms. Cause of liberty often finds its basis in autonomy of a national group. Respecting minority rights can enlarge freedoms of individuals because freedom is dependent on culture. Modern world divided into societal cultures that encompass public and private life. Aim: to show that the liberal value of freedom of choice has certain cultural preconditions so cultural memberships must be incorporated into liberal principals. Focus = societal cultures: cultures that provides its members with meaningful ways of life across a full range of human activities (social, educational, religious, recreational, economical) that encompass public and private life. Cultures are territorially concentrated and based on a shared language. Diffused through society due to common cultures. Social life institutionally embodied in schools, media, economy, Why it happened because of modernization government. Modernization requires culture - mobile, educated, literate workforce.
