Is constitutional patriotism possible in multicultural societies?

Abstract

The text considers a possible direction of reconciliation of cultural pluralism, on one hand, and imperative of social unity and democratic legitimacy, on the other. The theory of constitutional patriotism is in the centre of this normative solution. The first part of the paper is devoted to positioning of the concept of patriotism within contemporary political theory. Later on, the author confronts the best known theories of constitutional patriotism with demands of policy of recognition. In the final chapter, the author supports the thesis that the concept of constitutional patriotism, in relation to competitive strategies of liberal proceduralism and liberal nationalism, is a more appropriate model of political integration in multicultural societies.

U tekstu se razmatra jedan mogući pravac pomirenja kulturnog pluralizma, s jedne, i imperativa društvenog jedinstva i demokratske legitimnosti, s druge strane. Teorija ustavnog patriotizma se nalazi u središtu ove normativne solucije. Prvi deo rada posvećen je pozicioniranju koncepta patriotizma unutar savremene političke teorije. U nastavku rada, autor suočava najpoznatije teorije ustavnog patriotizma sa zahtevima politike priznanja. U zaključnom poglavlju, autor zastupa tezu da koncept ustavnog patriotizma, u odnosu na konkurirajuće strategije liberalnog proceduralizma i liberalnog nacionalizma, predstavlja primereniji model političke integracije u multikulturnim društvima.