The World is full of cultures. Nowadays, most of the societies are multicultural. Though, what does multicultural exactly mean? Does it mean a society full of people of different ethnicities, different values or different political orientations? Is multiculturalism good at all or is it some kind of hindrance? According to Bhikhu Parekh’s “Rethinking Multiculturalism” multiculturalism is “a perspective on human life”. Although sometimes it creates some obstacles, multiculturalism could be “a source of great creative opportunities”.
Each person is born and later brought up in a certain culture. The influence of that culture is enormous. It shapes the person’s interests, values, desires. After absorbing the culture for a long time, one has great difficulties overcoming cultural habits. One may adopt other cultures, though the impact of “mother culture” can not be fully erased.
Furthermore, each culture delineates a way of good life, and this portrayal is usually different culture by culture. In order to understand multiculturalism profoundly, one should accept that each culture deserves …show more content…
Definitely, not the one that does not accept another culture, or another way of thinking. A coherent example of that society is one which depends on just one political orientation. As the author claims, political orientation is similar to multiculturalism in the first aspect - no culture is perfect- and now we could say - no political orientation is perfect. Each one has its own deficiencies. A society that does not accept pluralism in political orientation too, can not be defined as a multicultural one. A good multicultural community supports several political orientations and is not fully influenced just by one of them - “the dialogically constituted multicultural society both retains the truth of liberalism and goes beyond it. It is committed to both liberalism and multiculturalism, privileges
Each person is born and later brought up in a certain culture. The influence of that culture is enormous. It shapes the person’s interests, values, desires. After absorbing the culture for a long time, one has great difficulties overcoming cultural habits. One may adopt other cultures, though the impact of “mother culture” can not be fully erased.
Furthermore, each culture delineates a way of good life, and this portrayal is usually different culture by culture. In order to understand multiculturalism profoundly, one should accept that each culture deserves …show more content…
Definitely, not the one that does not accept another culture, or another way of thinking. A coherent example of that society is one which depends on just one political orientation. As the author claims, political orientation is similar to multiculturalism in the first aspect - no culture is perfect- and now we could say - no political orientation is perfect. Each one has its own deficiencies. A society that does not accept pluralism in political orientation too, can not be defined as a multicultural one. A good multicultural community supports several political orientations and is not fully influenced just by one of them - “the dialogically constituted multicultural society both retains the truth of liberalism and goes beyond it. It is committed to both liberalism and multiculturalism, privileges