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Title

Aboriginals, colonists and multiculturalism: the dialectic of recognition and social exclusion in Australian history

Author(s)

Gare, Arran

Abstract

Developing Hegel's ideas on the dialectic of recognition and its role in the evolution of civilization, Charles Taylor in a seminal work, Multiculturalism and the "Politics of Recognition" (since translated into Italian, French and German), characterized multiculturalism, in which different cultures within a country are recognized and respected, as a new phase in ethical and political development (Taylor and Gutmann, 1992; Taylor, 1994). Australia is unique in modern history in the extent to which it embraced multiculturalism and abandoned nationalism the commitment to a territorial community the membership of which is defined first and foremost in terms of place of birth. It appears to be a post-nationalist, multicultural society that celebrates its cultural diversity. Far from being social outcastes, immigrants, who are selected for their level of education, have a higher average income than native born Australians. Australia, therefore, might seem to provide a vision of the future for those countries striving to overcome the exclusionary tendencies of their nationalist heritage. [Introduction]

Publication type

Book chapter

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Source

Social exclusion: an approach to the Australian case / D. Weiss (ed.), [Chapter 1], pp. 25-60

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Australia;  Multiculturalism;  Social exclusion;  History

Publisher

Peter Lang

ISBN

3631510845, 9780820464541

Publisher URL

http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=51084

Copyright

Copyright © 2003 Peter Lang. Published version of book chapter reproduced here on 21 January 2009 with the kind permission of the publisher.

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