Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two

by Hanzi Freinacht

Inter-culturalism (or multiculturalism) comes in different forms. You have multicultural state ideologies, which emphasize the importance of inclusion and diversity, claiming that the more diverse cultures you have, the better. You have corresponding anti-discrimination and pro-diversity policies in companies. You have “inter-faith dialogue” movements, which seek to find common ground and mutual respect among believers of different faiths. You have “affirmative action” programs, international children’s summer camps, the peace movement, political correctness seeking to ban whatever words have become racist slurs—and so forth. Among theorists you find such thinkers as the philosopher Charles Taylor, who emphasizes the importance of ethnic minority groups having “rights” to the preservation of their culture.