A Durkheimian critique of contemporary multiculturalism.

对德克希姆当代多元文化主义的批判

Multiculturalism has been under scrutiny and subject to heated debates by politicians, commentators, and academics over the past two decades. Behind these debates lie concerns about the erosion of social cohesion, national security, and economic problems. This article frames and explains the debates over cultural diversity from the perspective of Durkheimian functionalism. This article presents a systematic review of Durkheim's theory and debunks (mis)interpretations that transpose his notion of division of labour to cultural diversity. It is argued that the competitive nature of the global nation-state system poses challenges for sustaining cultural diversity within national borders. After contrasting the Durkheimian functionalist perspective on multiculturalism with contemporary social justice perspectives, the article highlights and analyses the pressure point between multiculturalism within and the competitive global nation-state system without.

摘要: 在过去的二十年里，多元文化主义受到了政治家、评论家和学者的密切关注和激烈辩论。这些争论的背后是对社会凝聚力、国家安全和经济问题受到多元文化主义侵蚀的担忧。本文从德克希姆功能主义的角度对文化多样性的争论进行了框定和解释。本文系统地回顾了德克海姆的理论，并揭穿了其将劳动分工观念转变为文化多样性的错误解释。有人认为，全球民族国家体系的竞争性质对维持国家边界内的文化多样性构成了挑战。本文将多文化主义的德克希姆功能主义观点与当代社会正义观进行了对比，重点分析了多元文化主义与竞争性全球民族国家制度之间的压力点。

作者: Sohrabi, Hadi1

作者单位: Department of Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

来源: Ethnic & Racial Studies. Jun2019, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p1283-1304. 22p.

翻译：周学文