Assignment task:
Why would one conclude from the Robbers Cave study that identity is prior to culture (64)? What does Appiah mean where he argues that an identity requires a "social conception" (66-67)? Why does Appiah conclude that the "right of exit" from a group is insufficient (75-78)? On what grounds have some critics objected to state neutrality regarding religion? Explain Appiah's criticism of the way in which the political issue of Quebec's multilingualism has been conceptualized through "a politics of recognition" (p. 103) by Charles Taylor (p. 100). What are the "oppositional aspects of recognition" (105-7)?
1- Why would one conclude from the Robbers Cave study that identity is prior to culture (64)?
2- What does Appiah mean where he argues that an identity requires a "social conception" (66-67)?
3- Why does Appiah conclude that the "right of exit" from a group is insufficient (75-78)?
4- On what grounds have some critics objected to state neutrality regarding religion?
5- Explain Appiah's criticism of the way in which the political issue of Quebec's multilingualism has been conceptualized through "a politics of recognition" (p. 103) by Charles Taylor (p. 100). What are the "oppositional aspects of recognition" (105-7)?