Charles Taylor: The Politics of Recognition and Dignity of Human, Proposal, and Restrictions
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Charles Taylor, a Canadian scholar, introduced the concept of Multiculturalism as a policy to deal with the difference and diversity of citizens in the article titled "Multiculturalism and the politics of recognition". Recognition and dignity is an important issue in linking the citizen to live together and all parties accept the diversity. But when this concept was brought into action, it was criticized and there were strong arguments. Recognition proposal comes from the creation/reservation of identity of the individual and the society that will lead the equal dignity. Therefore behind the concept that comes from the assumption that ‘All humans are the same’ is the difference-blind principle that conflicts among themselves. When this concept is used, there are some problems difficult to resolve because the people have to fight to present their identities/groups to be outstanding. Those who cannot do it will lose in the game of recognition. Therefore, the policy of distributing resources by referring to the recognition does not result in the distribution of social resources thoroughly. It is just the decentralization to those who are recognized including the economic and network leaders, and politicians. So there is no fair and equal value distribution in the multicultural society. The solution is to create justice between individuals/groups. Recognition creating should not reinforce the differences until it creates conflicts all the time. If the Multiculturalism concept is applied, in addition to reducing Centralization, the distribution of attention about recognition of different levels must be aware.
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