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Misrecognition and ethno-religious diversity |
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Écrit par Daniel Proulx
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26-01-2012 |
Ethnicities Special Issue on On-Line Early
Misrecognition and ethno-religious diversity
In the 20 years since the publication of Charles Taylor’s essay on ‘The
Politics of Recognition’ and Axel Honneth’s Kampf um Anerkennung there
has been an incremental proliferation in literature tackling the concept
of recognition. While such accounts have yielded significant theoretical
insights, relatively little attention has been paid to its sister
concept of misrecognition. More precisely, there is a profound dearth in
the literature on the ways in which misrecognition might motivate
political struggle, whether it is necessarily unjust, whether it must
inflict ‘psychic harm’, and more broadly how misrecognition might impact
upon things such as religion and citizenship, cultural dialogue and
gender relations.
The international conference ‘The Politics of Misrecognition’, convened
in Bristol in 2010 was one of the biggest events to focus on this topic,
and it was there that the articles in this special issue were first
presented. Taken as a whole, the collection shows how at this embryonic
stage there is an opportunity to learn from certain limitations found in
some of the early theorizations of recognition.
Focusing on misrecognition rather than the effects of a lack of
recognition may help to provide a more nuanced and contextual picture of
what is at issue. Taking the concept of misrecognition as the point of
departure focuses attention squarely on to the objects of, and processes
of, misrecognition. Such a focus mitigates the excesses of abstraction
and makes a more contextual approach both more likely and more
appropriate. The overarching aim of this special issue is to stimulate
debates by considering how the idea of misrecognition can help us to
understand the interaction and political orientations of different
cultures and state policies, especially with respect to the issue of
religion in general and ethno-religious minorities in particular. To
this end, it draws upon interdisciplinary perspectives of social and
political theory, sociology and philosophy, and takes in cases from the
UK, Canada, Denmark, Israel and Western Europe more broadly.
Nasar Meer, Northumbria University
Wendy Martineau, Bristol University
Simon Thompson, University of the West of England
CONTENTS
Misrecognition and ethno-religious diversity
Nasar Meer, Northumbria University
Wendy Martineau, Bristol University
Simon Thompson, University of the West of England
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/recent]
Peoples, political liberalism and religious diversity
Michel Seymour, University of Montreal
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/1468796811431297.abstract]
Misrecognition and cross-cultural understanding: Shaping the space for a
‘fusion of horizons’
Wendy Martineau, Bristol University
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/03/1468796811431294.abstract]
Misrecognising Muslim Consciousness in Europe
Nasar Meer, Northumbria University
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/1468796811431295.abstract]
Unequal recognition, misrecognition and injustice: The case of religious
minorities in Denmark
Sune Lægaard, Roskilde University
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/13/1468796811431273.abstract]
Freedom of expression and hatred of religion
Simon Thompson, University of the West of England
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/03/1468796811431298.abstract]
Offences to religious feelings in Israel: A theoretical explication of
an exceptional legal doctrine
Meital Pinto, Carmel Academic Center
[http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/12/21/1468796811431296.abstract]
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