First published in 1998

This volume emerged in the light of the resurgence of militant nationalism and racism since liberalism’s alleged triumph in 1989. We have to ask whether liberalism represents a bulwark against these deformations, or whether it is in fact their harbinger.

Central themes explored in this interdisciplinary collection are:

• The position of the Romani, especially in central and eastern Europe
• The nature and scope of multiculturalism and its relation to conceptions of recognition
• The relations of liberalism to nationalism and racism
• The philosophical relation of ’the individual’ to national and other identities
• The debate between liberal and communitarian conceptions of personhood

The book will thus be of particular interest to social and political scientists, philosophers and educationalists, as well as to anyone more generally concerned with contemporary issues of nationalism and racism.