The Politics of Recognition

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  • Taylor, Charles
    In Charles Taylor: Religion and secularity

    …of his well-known essays, “The Politics of Recognition” (1992), Taylor tried to provide a deeper philosophical explanation of why groups within Western societies were increasingly making claims for public acknowledgment of their particular identities, be this on the basis of gender, race, or ethnicity.

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