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Thinking with and beyond the Bristol school of multiculturalism

Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo, Thomas Sealy Orcid Logo, Erdem Dikici Orcid Logo

Ethnicities

Swansea University Author: Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/14687968261449619

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Since its emergence in the late 1990s, the Bristol School of Multiculturalism (BSM) has developed a complex, coherent and influential set of conceptual tools to critically and comparatively apprehend the politics of cultural and religious diversity. Animated by commitments to deep diversity, nationa...

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Published in: Ethnicities
ISSN: 1468-7968 1741-2706
Published: SAGE Publications 2026
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71808
Abstract: Since its emergence in the late 1990s, the Bristol School of Multiculturalism (BSM) has developed a complex, coherent and influential set of conceptual tools to critically and comparatively apprehend the politics of cultural and religious diversity. Animated by commitments to deep diversity, national belonging and equal citizenship, as well as to ‘contextual’ forms of moral reasoning, its founding figures have made significant interventions in a series of public debates around Islamophobia, anti-racism, free speech, national identity, equality law, religion, counter-terrorism, segregation and political polarisation, among others. By bringing together emerging scholars who have substantially engaged with, added to and challenged BSM ideas, this special issue sheds new light on long-standing concerns and some underexplored issues. In so doing, it underscores the enduring and wide relevance of the BSM and brings it into conversation with adjacent bodies of research in politics, sociology, philosophy and law.
Keywords: multiculturalism; political theory; diversity; racism; religion; citizenship
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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