Normative interpretations of diversity: The Muhammad cartoons controversy and the importance of context  

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Lægaard, Sune

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethnicities vol. 09 no. 03 (Sep. 2009), page 314–333.
Topik: civility; Danish cartoons; diversity; freedom of expression; Muhammad; multiculturalism; racism; respect; toleration
Fulltext: 314.pdf (1.43MB)

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Normative interpretations of particular cases consist of normative principles or values coupled with social theoretical accounts of the empirical facts of the case. The article reviews the most prominent normative interpretations of the Muhammad cartoons controversy over the publication of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The controversy was seen as a case of freedom of expression, toleration, racism, (in)civility and (dis)respect, and the article notes different understandings of these principles and how the application of them to the controversy implied different social theoretical accounts of the case. In disagreements between different normative interpretations, appeals are often made to the ‘context’, so it is also considered what roles ‘context’ might play in debates over normative interpretations.

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