Liberal Neutrality and Language Policy

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Philosophy & Public AffairsVolume 31, Issue 4 p. 356-386 Liberal Neutrality and Language Policy ALAN PATTEN, ALAN PATTEN ALAN PATTEN is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University. He is the author of Hegel's Idea of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1999) and co-editor, with Will Kplicka, of Language Rights and Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 2003).Search for more papers by this author ALAN PATTEN, ALAN PATTEN ALAN PATTEN is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University. He is the author of Hegel's Idea of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1999) and co-editor, with Will Kplicka, of Language Rights and Political Theory (Oxford University Press, 2003).Search for more papers by this author First published: 11 January 2005 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1088-4963.2003.00356.xCitations: 35 A first draft of this article was written while I was a visiting fellow at the Center for Human Values, Princeton University. I am grateful to a number of people at Princeton for their comments, including Colin Bird, Linda Bosniak, Christina Burnett, Christopher Eisgruber, Stephen Macedo, Donald Moon, and all those in attendance when I presented at the Princeton Political Philosophy Colloquium. I also presented earlier versions to a conference on “The Public Discourse of Law and Politics in Multilingual Societies” held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati, Spain, to the Toronto chapter of the Conference on Social and Political Thought, and to a panel held at the 2002 Conference of the American Political Science Association. Along the way, I received valuable commentary from Joseph Carens, Nancy Rosenblum and Arash Abizadeh. Thanks, finally, to the Editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs and anonymous reviewers of this journal and to Will Kymlicka for his helpful and generous written comments on an early draft of the article. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume31, Issue4October 2003Pages 356-386 RelatedInformation