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Why Multiculturalism
Makes People So Angry
and Sad
Nikos Papastergiadis
“Since the 1970s multiculturalism has served as a category that has widened the conceptual framework of public policy, cultural philosophy and aesthetic practice. After 2001 it has slid into the twilight zone of a zombie concept.¹ The current bout of simplistic slogans and jingoistic dismissals of multiculturalism are not new in content. However, never before has there been such a unified challenge against the viability of this concept from such senior public figures …”