Abstract
Multiculturality is not the same as multiculturalism. The former is a descriptive concept which refers to the culturally heterogeneous character of people that live in a society. The latter is a normative concept which refers to a set of institutions and policies that make it possible for these distinct cultures to develop their capabilities as well as encouraging a politics of respect between them. In this brief article, after presenting some analytical elements highlighted by recent multicultural studies of liberal democracies (section 1), I discuss the case of human rights in international society from a transcultural perspective (section 2.1). I also present three normative models for dealing with multiculturality in liberal democracies (section 2.2).
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