Book Symposium on Alan Patten’s Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights (Princeton University Press, 2014)

 

8 June 2015 (10:00-18:00)

 

 

Venue: Institute of Philosophy - KU Leuven, Leuven (Belgium).

 

 

The goal of this symposium is to discuss Alan Patten’s approach to multiculturalism, as developed in Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights (Princeton University Press, 2014). This book has been described as “the most important contribution to the philosophy of cultural diversity since Will Kymlicka's Multicultural Citizenship” (Philippe Van Parijs). The book focuses on issues of cultural recognition and the importance of treating diversity in plural societies equally. In addressing topics like immigrant accommodation, multiculturalism, linguistic justice and secessionist conflicts, it takes seriously some of the most controversial debates in normative political theory and, also, in our current societies.

 

 

Speakers

Alan Patten, Rainer Bauböck, Albert Branchadell, Gwénaële Calvès, Helder De Schutter, Matteo Gianni, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Denise Réaume, Nenad Stojanović.

 

 

Participation is free but registration is required ([log in to unmask])

 

More information: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/events/1415/recognition-conference or with Sergi Morales

 

 

This symposium is organized with support from the FP-7 project on Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe (MIME) and RIPPLE (Research in Political Philosophy Leuven, KU Leuven).