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Strange Multiplicity Constitutionalism in an Age of Diversity

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ISBN-10: 0521476941

ISBN-13: 9780521476942

Edition: 1995

Authors: James Tully

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In the inaugural set of Seeley Lectures, the distinguished political philosopher James Tully addresses the demands for cultural recognition that constitute the major conflicts of today: supranational associations, nationalism and federalism, linguistic and ethnic minorities, feminism, multiculturalism and aboriginal self government. Neither modern nor post-modern constitutionalism can adjudicate such claims justly. However, by surveying 400 years of constitutional practice, with special attention to the American aboriginal peoples, Tully develops a new philosophy of constitutionalism based on dialogues of conciliation which, he argues, have the capacity to mediate contemporary conflicts and…    
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Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/7/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.43" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Demands for Constitutional Recognition
The constitutional question raised by the politics of cultural recognition: six examples and three similarities
The mutual recognition of cultural diversity: three features of the common ground and three historical movements
The spirit of Haida Gwaii as a symbol of the age of cultural diversity
A constitutional dialogue in The spirit of Haida Gwaii
Diversity and Contemporary Constitutionalism
Anwering the constitutional question: an outline
Two languages of contemporary constitutionalism and the three schools of modern constitutionalism
The challenge of post-modernism and cultural feminism
The challenge of interculturalism
The Historical Formation of Modern Constitutionalism: The Empire of Uniformity
Constitutions ancient and modern
Seven features of modern constitutionalism
Example of forging the seven features: Locke and Aboriginal peoples
Vattel, Kant and their followers
The reform of diversity in Europe and the colonies
The American revolution and the guardians of empire today
The Historical Formation of Common Constitutionalism: The Rediscovery of Cultural Diversity
Part I
The hidden constitutions of contemporary societies
Understanding constitutionalism: Wittgenstein and Hale
Examples of the three conventions: the Aboriginal and common-law system and the conventions of mutual recognition and consent
The Aboriginal and common law system and the convention of continuity
The Aboriginal and common law system and constitutional dialogue
The Historical Formation of Common Constitutionalism: The Rediscovery of Cultural Diversity
Part II
Diverse federalism and the conventions of mutual recognition, continuity and consent
Diverse federalism and continuity: the QuTbec act and the ancient constitution
Diverse federalism, the three conventions and the American revolution
The modern attack on diverse federalism: the Durham report and its followers
Linguistic minorities and the three conventions: the form of reasoning appropriate to mutual recognition and accommodation
Intercultural citizens, gender differences and the three conventions
Constitutionalism in an Age of Cultural Diversity
A summary of contemporary constitutionalism
Replies to four objections to contemporary constitutionalism
Two public goods of contemporary constitutionalism: belonging and critical freedom
Conclusion: the philosophy and practice of contemporary constitutionalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index