Land, Culture and Justice: A Framework for Group Rights and Recognition

Author: Spinner-Halev, Jeff

Source: Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 8, Number 3, September 2000 , pp. 319-342(24)

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Abstract:

Meet the Sorbs. They are a Slavic people in Germany who number around sixty thousand. They are not mistreated or oppressed by the German government. They live in two German states, but they are interspersed with other Germans. Do the Sorbs deserve special, group rights to help maintain their culture? The recent arguments of many theorists suggest that they do. Iris Marion Young has recently argued that all marginalized groups should have group rights. Avishai Margalit and Moshe Halbertal maintain that all cultural groups have certain rights. Will Kymlicka suggests that all `societal cultures' have group rights, which might include the Sorbs.

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9760.00105

Affiliations: 1: Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Publication date: 2000-09-01