A new editionof the highly acclaimedbookMulticulturalism & "The Politics of Recognition,"this paperback brings together an even wider range of leading philosophers & social scientists to probe the political controversy surrounding multiculturalism.Charles Taylor'sinitial inquiry, which considers whether the institutions of liberal democratic government make room--or should make room--for recognizing the worth of distinctive cultural traditions, remains the centerpiece of this discussion. It is now joined byJürgen Habermas'sextensive essay on the issues of recognition & the democratic constitutional state & byK. Anthony Appiah'scommentary on the tensions between personal & collective identities, such as those shaped by religion, gender, ethnicity, race, & sexuality, & on the dangerous tendency ofmulticultural politicsto gloss over such tensions.These contributions are joined by those of other well-known thinkers, who further relate the demand for recognition to issues of multicultural education, feminism, & cultural separatism.Praise for the previous edition: