Galeotti on recognition as inclusion

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  • Sune Lægaard
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti's theory of 'toleration as recognition' has been criticised by Peter Jones for being conceptually incoherent, since liberal toleration presupposes a negative attitude to differences, whereas multicultural recognition requires positive affirmation hereof. The paper spells out Galeotti's justification for recognition as a requirement of liberal justice in detail and asks in what sense the policies supported by Galeotti are policies of recognition. It is argued that Jones misrepresents Galeotti's theory, insofar as this sense of recognition actually is compatible with liberal toleration. This does not prove Jones's criticism to be wrong, since the justification may have implications unacknowledged by Galeotti, which might be liberally problematic. The paper considers this problem and possible ways of responding to it, but concludes that Galeotti's theory is incomplete in respects that need to be filled out in order to secure compatibility with liberalism, and that this may prove problematic.
Keywords: liberalism; multiculturalism; recognition; toleration
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Vol/bind11
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)291-314
Antal sider24
ISSN1369-8230
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2008

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Paper id:: 10.1080/13698230802276363

ID: 5466833