Word Limit: 1500 words (inclusive of references and footnotes). Think of the reflective log as a mini-essay that you had the opportunity to present in the class and get feedback on. The questions are indicated in the seminar programme and you have a choice of two questions per topic. Please choose the topic that interests you and, then, address only one question from the list below. Topic Pluralism, Difference and Identity What is pluralism? Is it important for politics? The Reflective log can be organised as follows: Title of the Question you’re addressing Relevant Debate in the Literature Answer to the Question/Argument (taking into account the feedback and discussion in the class during your presentation). This are the reading that may help you Key Reading: Gray, J. (1998). ‘Where Liberals and Pluralists Part Company’, International Journal of Moral and Political Studies, 6(1): 17–36. Crowder, G. (1998). ‘From Value Pluralism to Liberalism,’ Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy and Value Pluralism 1(3):2-17. Gutman, A. (2003). Identity in Democracy. Princeton University Press. Tully, J. (1995). Strange Multiplicity. Cambridge University Press (chapters 1 and 2). Further Reading: Bellamy, R. (1999). Liberalism and Pluralism. Routledge. Berlin, I. (2002). Liberty. Oxford University Press. Blum, C. (2023) ‘Value Pluralism or Value Monism?’, Acta Analytica 38(4):627-652. Brubaker, R. (2016). Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities. Princeton University Press. Connolly, W. (1995). The Ethos of Pluralisation. Minnesota Press. Connolly, W. (1991). Identity/Difference. Minnesota Press. Dzur, A. W. (1998). ‘Value Pluralism versus Political Liberalism?’, Social Theory and Practice, 24(3): 375–92. Fish, S. (1997). ‘Boutique Multiculturalism, Or Why Liberals Are Incapable of Thinking about Hate Speech’, Critical Inquiry 23(2). Galston, W. (2002). Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice. Cambridge University Press. Gutmann, A. (ed.) (1994). Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition. Princeton University Press. Jardina, A. (2019). White Identity Politics. Cambridge University Press. Kateb, G. (1992). The Inner Ocean: Individualism and Democratic Culture. Cornell University Press. Kymlicka, W. (1995). Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford University Press. Lilla, M. (2020). ‘Identity and Citizenship’, Perspectives on Political Science 49(4):233-238. Lukes, S. (1995). ‘Pluralism is not Enough’, The Times Literary Supplement, 10 February, 4–5. Modood, T. (2001). ‘Their Liberalism and Our Multiculturalism?’, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 3(2). Spinner, J. (1994). The Boundaries of Citizenship: Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State. John Hopkins University Press. Ware, A. 2020. ‘Democracy through Time: Identity Politics and Future Generations’, Political Quarterly 91(4): 814-824. Young, I.M. (2000). Inclusion and Democracy. Oxford University Press.