Syllabus – The Politics of Identity and Recognition
Classes take place at building 1325, room 028, 5-16 August, 9.15-12 AM
I will ask you to buy the following book from which we will read extensively:
 David Miller (1995), On Nationality, Oxford: Oxford University Press
It should soon be available at Politologisk Bogformidling.
Texts marked with an * below can be downloaded through the AU library website. Two texts can be
downloaded from the Tanner Lectures website (link below). The rest are included in a reader also soon
to be available at Politologisk Bogformidling.
Lection 1: Introduction, Methodology, and the Concept of Identity (68)
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McDermott, D. (2008), “Analytical Political Philosophy” pp. 11-28 in Leopold, David & Stears,
Marc (eds.). Political Theory: Methods and Approaches. Oxford: Oxford University Press (18
pages)
Parekh, B. (2008), A New Politics of Identity, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 8-30 (23 pages)
*Benhabib, S. (1999), “Sexual Difference and Collective Identities: The New Global
Constellation”, Signs, 24(2), pp. 335-361 (27 pages)
Lection 2: Why Care About Social Identities? (136)
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Taylor, C. (1995). “The Politics of Recognition” in Philosophical Arguments. Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, pp. 225-257 (33 pages)
Appiah, K. A. (2001), “The State and the Shaping of Identity”, The Tanner Lectures on Human
Values, http://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_documents/a-to-z/a/Appiah_02.pdf (67 pages)
Young, I.M. (1990), Justice and the Politics of Difference, pp. 156-191 (36 pages)
Lection 3: Redistribution or Recognition? (142)
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Fraser, N. (1996), “ Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics: Redistribution, Recognition, and
Participation”, The Tanner Lectures on Human Values,
http://tannerlectures.utah.edu/_documents/a-to-z/f/Fraser98.pdf (67 pages)
Honneth, A. (2003), “Redistribution as Recognition: A Response to Nancy Fraser” pp. 135-189 in
Nancy Fraser & Axel Honneth, Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange,
New York: Verso (55 pages)
Rorty, R. (2008), “Is ‘Cultural Recognition’ a Useful Notion for Leftist Politics?” pp. 69-81 in Kevin
Olson (ed.), Adding Insult to Injury. Nancy Fraser Debates Her Critics, New York: Verso (13 pages)
Fraser, N. (2008), “Why Overcoming Prejudice Is Not Enough: A Response to Richard Rorty”
pp.82-88 in Kevin Olson (ed.), Adding Insult to Injury. Nancy Fraser Debates Her Critics, New
York: Verso, (7 pages)
Lection 4: National Identity (118)
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Miller, D. (1995), On Nationality, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-118 (118 pages)
Lection 5: Beyond Nationalism? (105)
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*Weinstock (1996), “Is there a Moral Case for Nationalism?”, Journal of Applied Philosophy,
13(1), pp. 87-100 (14 pages)
*Mason, A. (1999), “Political Community, Liberal‐Nationalism, and the Ethics of Assimilation”,
Ethics, 109(2), pp. 261-286 (26 pages)
*Abizadeh, A. (2002), “Does Liberal Democracy Presuppose a Cultural Nation? Four Arguments”,
American Political Science Review, 96(3), pp.495-509 (15 pages)
*Laborde, C. (2002), “From Constitutional to Civic Patriotism”, British Journal of Political Science,
32(4), pp. 591-612 (22 pages)
Pogge, T. (2008), “The Bounds of Nationalism” pp. 124-151 in World Poverty and Human Rights.
Second Edition, Cambridge: Polity (28 pages)
Lection 6: Toward Multiculturalism? (146)
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Kymlicka, W. (1995). Multicultural Citizenship. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 75-130 (56 pages)
*Waldron, J. (1992). “Minority Cultures and the Cosmopolitan Alternative”, University of
Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 751-766 & 777-793 (33 pages)
Parekh, B. (2006). Rethinking Multiculturalism. Second Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239-263
(25 pages)
Barry, B. (2001). Culture and Equality. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp.
19-50 (32 pages)
Lection 7: Recognition of Religious Identities? (103)
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Parekh, B. (2006). Rethinking Multiculturalism. Second Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 321-335
( 15 pages)
Dworkin, R. (2006), Is Democracy Possible Here? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp.
52-86 (35 pages)
Modood, T. (2007), Multiculturalism, Malden, Mass.: Polity, pp. 63-86 (24 pages)
*Lægaard, S. (2008), “Moderate Secularism and Multicultural Equality”, Politics, 28(3), pp. 160168 (9 pages)
*Laborde, C. (2013), “Political Liberalism and Religion: On Separation and Establishment”,
Journal of Political Philosophy, 21(1), pp. 67–86 (20 pages)
Lection 8: Women, Autonomy and Multiculturalism (140)
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*Okin, S.M. (1998), “Feminism and Multiculturalism: Some Tensions”, Ethics, Vol. 108, No. 4, pp.
661-684 (24 pages)
Benhabib, S. (2002), The Claims of Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 82-104 (23
pages)
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*Chambers, C. (2004), “Are Breast Implants Better than Female Genital Mutilation? Autonomy,
Gender Equality and Nussbaum’s Political Liberalism“, Critical Review of International Social and
Political Philosophy, 7(3), pp. 1–33 (33 pages)
*Laborde, C. (2006), “Female Autonomy, Education and the Hijab”, Critical Review of
International Social and Political Philosophy, 9(3), pp. 351 — 377 (27 pages)
Phillips, A. (2007), Multiculturalism Without Culture, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,
pp. 100-132 (33 pages)
Lection 9: Freedom of Expression in the Age of Identity Politics (122)
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*Nagel, T. (1995), “Personal Rights and Public Space”, Philosophy & Public Affairs, 24(2), pp. 83107 (25 pages)
*Brison, S. (1998), “The Autonomy Defense of Free Speech”, Ethics, 108(2), pp. 312–339 (28
pages)
*Lægaard, S. (2007), ”The Cartoon Controversy: Offence, Identity, Oppression?”, Political
Studies, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 481- 498 (18 pages)
*Rostbøll, C. (2009), “Autonomy, Respect, and Arrogance in the Danish Cartoon Controversy”,
Political Theory, 37(5), pp. 623-648 (26 pages)
*Shiffrin, S. (2011), “A Thinker-based Approach to Freedom of Speech”, Constitutional
Commentary, 27 (2), pp. 283-307 (25 pages)
Lection 10: Affirmative Action for Oppressed Identity Groups? (105)
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Dworkin, R. (1977), Taking Rights Seriously, London: Duckworth, pp. 223-239 (17 pages)
Young, I.M. (1990), Justice and the Politics of Difference, pp. 192-206 & 210-214 (20 pages)
Barry, B. (2001), Culture and Equality. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp.
90-103 (14 pages)
*Sher, G. (1999), “Diversity”, Philosophy &Public Affairs, 28(2), pp. 85-104 (20 pages)
*Anderson, E. (2002), “Integration, Affirmative Action, and Strict Scrutiny”, New York University
Law Review, 77(5), pp. 1195-1228 (34 pages)
Pages: 1185
Rasmus Sommer Hansen
June, 2013