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Book SynopsisDo demands for multiculturalism make them more likely to continue and to spread to liberal democracies? Are there fundamental conflicts between our commitment to gender equity and our increasing desire to respect the customs of minority cultures or religions? This book explores these unsettling questions.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Feminism, Multiculturalism, and Human Equality Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha C. Nussbaum 3 PART 1: IS MULTICULTURALISM BAD FOR WOMEN? Susan Moller Okin 7 PART 2: RESPONSES Whose Culture? Katha Pollitt 27 Liberal Complacencies Will Kymlicka 31 "My Culture Made Me Do It" Bonnie Honig 35 Is Western Patriarchal Feminism Good for Third World / Minority Women? Azizah Y. al-Hibri 41 Siding With the Underdogs Yael Tamir 47 "Barbaric" Rituals? Sander L. Gilman 53 Promises We should All Keep in Common Cause Abdullahi An-Na'im 59 Between Norms and Choices Robert Post 65 A Varied Moral World Bhikhu Parekh 69 Culture beyond Gender Saskia Sassen 76 Liberalism's Sacred Cow Homi K. Bhabha 79 Should Sex Equality Law Apply to Religious Institutions? Cass R. Sunstein 85 How Perfect Should One Be? And Whose Culture Is? Joseph Raz 95 Culture Constrains Janet E. Halley 100 A Plea for Difficulty Martha C. Nussbaum 105 PART 3: REPLY Susan Moller Okin 115 NOTES 133 CONTRIBUTORS 145
