Multiculturalism as Lived Experience Enriches Our Lives. but Multiculturalism as a Political Ideology Has Helped Create a Tribal Britain with No Political or Moral Centre. (Kenan Malik, the Times , 16th. July, 2005).
Multiculturalism as lived experience enriches our lives. But multiculturalism as a political ideology has helped create a tribal Britain with no political or moral centre. (Kenan Malik, The Times ,16th. July, 2005).
Discuss.
More and more people “live in an environment that transcends national borders” and there is a very apparent “growing international environment” (Milich and Peck, 1998, pg vii). On an international scale, as well as in Britain, there has been an increase in immigration. Modern communication devices such as the telephone or internet have allowed people to continue practicing multiculturalism and maintain a sense of identity through their roots. Multiculturalism is a political doctrine or ideology which “stresses the importance of cultural belonging and legitimises the desire to maintain difference” (Bhargava, Bagchi and Sudarshan, 1999, pg 1).
Multiculturalism is a very current issue in Britain today with an ever increasing migrant population. Some of the British public, analytic philosophers and fundamentalists view it as an attack on “national interest or doctrinal purity”. These beliefs are held for a variety of reasons, some feel their way of life or their culture is superior to others. However some feel a need to protect ‘British-ness’ and do not want it ‘diluted’ with other cultures (Goldberg, 1994, pg 381). Multiculturalism seems threatening for people who want a homogeneous society (Milich and Peck, 1998, page xii). This essay attempts to explore the dangers of multiculturalism, if any, and rationally analyse these arguments.
One of the main arguments presented opposing multiculturalism, is that nowadays, “identification with locality, tribe, family or religion” are trampled as “new social and cultural relations exist” (Baldwin, Longhurst, McCracken, Ogborn and Smith, 2000, pg 158). Indeed in Britain today there is a sense that national identity has been lost due to an influx of immigrants. However “identity [is] not
Discuss.
More and more people “live in an environment that transcends national borders” and there is a very apparent “growing international environment” (Milich and Peck, 1998, pg vii). On an international scale, as well as in Britain, there has been an increase in immigration. Modern communication devices such as the telephone or internet have allowed people to continue practicing multiculturalism and maintain a sense of identity through their roots. Multiculturalism is a political doctrine or ideology which “stresses the importance of cultural belonging and legitimises the desire to maintain difference” (Bhargava, Bagchi and Sudarshan, 1999, pg 1).
Multiculturalism is a very current issue in Britain today with an ever increasing migrant population. Some of the British public, analytic philosophers and fundamentalists view it as an attack on “national interest or doctrinal purity”. These beliefs are held for a variety of reasons, some feel their way of life or their culture is superior to others. However some feel a need to protect ‘British-ness’ and do not want it ‘diluted’ with other cultures (Goldberg, 1994, pg 381). Multiculturalism seems threatening for people who want a homogeneous society (Milich and Peck, 1998, page xii). This essay attempts to explore the dangers of multiculturalism, if any, and rationally analyse these arguments.
One of the main arguments presented opposing multiculturalism, is that nowadays, “identification with locality, tribe, family or religion” are trampled as “new social and cultural relations exist” (Baldwin, Longhurst, McCracken, Ogborn and Smith, 2000, pg 158). Indeed in Britain today there is a sense that national identity has been lost due to an influx of immigrants. However “identity [is] not