MULTICULTURALISM AS RECOGNITION: THE SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF CHARLES TAYLOR

Abstract

The article analyzes the concept of multiculturalism compromise Canadian social theorist Charles Taylor. This concept is based on the recognition. The researcher combines the concept of «recognition» with the term «multiculturalism» as the recognition of distinctive cultural characteristics of different people is possible only in societies that cultivate multicultural values. The article describes the features of the understanding of multiculturalism as a compromise in the light of the ideas of autonomy, identity and culture, which arethe fundamental needs of a democratic society.