Multiculturalism vs. Liberalism Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The paper relates that the Canadian case of the death of Aqsa Parvez at the hands of her Pakistani father for not wearing the veil and adopting western styles of dress exposes some of the ideological fault lines within contemporary liberalism with respect to the complex issue of multiculturalism. This paper explores some of the critical issues in this case with respect to feminism and multiculturalism today. The paper argues the thesis that, with respect to multiculturalism, liberalism has failed to have the courage of its convictions.The paper argues, with reference to Okin's "Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?", that the tendency of western multiculturalists to place group rights over individual rights with respect to minority ethnic/racial groups threatens the fundamental rights and freedoms of women from these cultures.