Identite nationale et multiculturalisme

Deux notions antagonistes ?

by Sabine Choquet

Book cover: Identite nationale et multiculturalisme

Extent: 455 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Litterature, histoire, politique

Series volume number: 16

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(July 2015)

ISBN: 9782812436567

Price: $69.00

In stock

This book deconstructs a set of received ideas surrounding national identity and multiculturalism. Taking the form of a socio-philosophical enquiry, it reconsiders the meanings of these terms and reveals the impact the construction of national identity has had on the way cultural diversity is managed.


This book deconstructs a set of received ideas surrounding national identity and multiculturalism. Taking the form of a socio-philosophical enquiry, it reconsiders the meanings of these terms and reveals the impact the construction of national identity has had on the way cultural diversity is managed.

  • By (author) Sabine Choquet

Review - French Ce livre deconstruit un ensemble d'idees recues sur l'identite nationale et le multiculturalisme. Instrumentalises politiquement, ces termes ne peuvent plus etre employes innocemment sans interroger de maniere critique leur sens et leur relation. Souvent mal comprises, leurs significations varient d'un contexte culturel a l'autre. Le multiculturalisme est ainsi percu au Canada comme un pilier de l'identite nationale qui favorise la participation politique, alors qu'en France il est vu comme un danger pour l'unite de la nation. Cette enquete sociopolitique revient sur les mythes entourant les representations de l'identite nationale en France, au Canada et au Quebec et analyse leurs effets sur le sentiment d'exclusion des minorites.
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