Tully's Strange Multiplicity PDF

I. Tully’s strange multiplicity 6 types of claim for cultural recognition: 1. Nationalist movements 2. Regional associations 3. Ethnic minorities 4. Immigration and displaced people 5. Feminist movements 6. Indigenous people A struggle for greater liberty and freedom...

I. Tully’s strange multiplicity 6 types of claim for cultural recognition: 1. Nationalist movements 2. Regional associations 3. Ethnic minorities 4. Immigration and displaced people 5. Feminist movements 6. Indigenous people A struggle for greater liberty and freedom ⇒ a demand for power, not for resources Demanding special rights, accommodations Turn policies in a way that align with their culture and ways ⇒ forms of self-government aspirations Current constitutional features are unjust ○ Culture cannot be separated from politics (constitutive aspect, although conventional Western theory used to portray them as separated) Mutual recognition No recognition of one national culture ○ The liberal perspective (European) is embedded in culture however, so the state ends up not being neutral ⇒ this is often difficult to accept Not all cultures can be recognised as independent nation states 2 views of cultures: Dominant historical view ○ Bounded and internally uniform, separate from others ⇒ you can share things within a group of people ○ Using force to ensure separation and achieve self-determination ⇒ taking control over the state and becoming the majority Culture as overlapping, interactive and internally negotiated ○ Cultures cannot be separated from each others ⇒ they mix, change, interact continuously with contact to others ○ You cannot achieve such “self”-determination ○ There hasn’t been a certain number of separated cultures historically ⇒ what we have now is a result of encounters and joint influences ○ People within cultures are not the same: they have different views, challengers The nation-state is not a uniform society Politics take place on a changing terrain ○ We are always members of culture, we are always already engaging negotiations  When the state takes decisions, it tends to separate cultures and give different rights accordingly ○ What about people at the borders? Do not belong to one nation-state in particular ⇒ we should not try to enforce uniformity within fixed boundaries The spirit of Haida Gwaii Diverse federalism ○ Our state and relationships with others can be irregular (challenging the idea that group should be uniform, otherwise we call policies “accommodations”) ○ Irregularity ⇒ a single law may not be encompassing all the demands, and may not need to be the same across polities ○ Equity, as opposed to equality What is uniting us is not a constitutional document ⇒ it is our pursuit for multiculturalism, contract and agreements, reached by multicultural and political dialogue ⇒ Constitutionalism as an ethos of dialogue in mutual recognition Normative theory is always asking about: how can we implement this? Illustration ⇒ the ship of state: always a ruler governing others