How can communities that have a different way of life and culture exist side by side in one political framework? This question is relevant in many countries and in Israel in particular, and the theory of multiculturalism tries to answer this question.
This books features for the first time a paper written by the philosopher and a Canadian public figure Charles Taylor in Hebrew which deals with the following issues:
What is the status of anti-democratic communities in a multicultural society? Is an authentic Israeli identity possible? How does the politically correct discourse affect recognition of the various groups? What is the role of traditional observance in secularism and religiosity? How does the disassembly of uniform Israeli identity affect the possibility for solidarity and cooperation? How was the immigration from the Soviet Union accepted? What is the Arab attitude to the Holocaust And more.