Multiculturalism Archives | Contending Modernities

Ramayana and Political Imagination: A Reprise

Series: The Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Ananya Vajpeyi
May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

There is a long multicultural past, a complex socio-political dynamic between diverse groups, and a deep history of many religions to be reckoned with in India.

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya, India: A Complex Intersection of Religion, Politics, and Society

Series: The Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Abusaleh Shariff
April 29, 2024May 1, 2024

This consecration event has become a source of worry as it supports solidifying majoritarianism and a disregard for constitutional obligations and guidelines.

What Kind of Tradition is Black and Radical?

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity

Vincent Lloyd
July 26, 2023February 1, 2024

The Black radical tradition is unified not by empirical facts about people or histories but by a shared commitment to struggle against the paradigm of domination (slavery and its afterlives).

Struggling Against Domination: The Ontology of Black Life Everywhere

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity

Siphiwe Dube
July 11, 2023February 1, 2024

The only way for Black people to achieve freedom and, consequently, dignity, is by acting collectively.

Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Decision: The Collapse of Multiculturalism and Secularism or Something More?

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk
August 3, 2020January 24, 2024

The decision manufactures the “appearance of a clash of civilizations and the marriage of populism-nationalism with the instrumentalization of religion in service of the political desires of repressive political actors.”

2018 World Cup and Multicultural Belgium

Nadia Fadil
July 12, 2018October 4, 2018

It is precisely this absence of a unified national project that allows for a triumphant recuperation of national symbols by ethnic minorities.

Is Christianity Bad for Women?

Dania Straughan
November 2, 2016January 27, 2024

The short answer, according to the panel, is no. But the conversation left many stones unturned.

Atalia Omer: A Response to Jan-Werner Müller

Series: Rome 2016

Atalia Omer
June 29, 2016January 24, 2024

A “democracy” that lacks a fundamental commitment to pluralism opens the door to totalitarianism.

Michael Driessen: A Response to Jan-Werner Müller’s Remarks

Series: Rome 2016

Michael Driessen
June 29, 2016August 14, 2019

The identity politics at work here are dangerously illiberal and run counter to the hopes of postwar European institutions.