Lexington Books Queering Multiculturalism: Liberal Theory, Ethnic Pluralism, and the Problem of Minorities-within-Minorities

Product Description Queering Multiculturalism argues for group-specific rights for ethno-cultural minorities, but without ignoring that such rights may lead to ethnic chauvinism, balkanization, and the cultural marginalization of minorities-within-minorities, such as ethnic LGBT people. Thus, it aims to construct a liberal theory of minority rights to accommodate ethno-cultural diversity without destroying ethno-sexual diversity, and without privileging one type of minority group over another. Review Liberal theory has tended to downplay and even homogenize diverse identities, even as its best thinkers have tried to accommodate them. Aret Karademir points in a new direction, toward an emancipationist model of group-specific rights for minorities as well as the many varieties of queer minorities-within-minorities. This is a groundbreaking book.--Noelle C. McAfee, Emory University About the Author Aret Karademir is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Middle East Technical University.