Multiculturalism is one of the most vexing political issues of our day. How can people with very different values and customs live alongside each other? What is the history of multiculturalism? What are the arguments for and against its various forms? Has it failed? Does it have a future? The Open University's Nigel Warburton interviews ten leading thinkers about the meaning and implications of multiculturalism. David Edmonds introduces each episode.
Track 7: Alan Haworth on Free Speech and Multiculturalism
Alan Howarth explores questions of offence and the value of being able to express dissenting or potentially offensive views.
Martha Nussbaum argues that disgust plays to large a role in many people's assessment of those from whom they differ.
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Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
The concept of toleration has a long history; Sue Mendus shows how present day debate is informed by 17th Century discussions.
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Susan Mendus on Toleration
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