From resentment to gratitude: An essay on multiculturalism

Mona Siddiqui

doi:10.1017/9781009198431.014

From resentment to gratitude: An essay on multiculturalism

Mona Siddiqui

School of Divinity

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Abstract

Siddiqui explains how British multiculturalism has ceded to a politics of resentment, fuelled by anti-immigrant and often anti-Muslim sentiment. Siddiqui draws on the writings of Georg Simmel for whom gratitude fosters emotional and social bonds, countering a narrative of resentment with one of recognition. Rather than seeking an answer in abstract theories of multiculturalism, Siddiqui argues for a refocusing on emotional well-being through gratitude rooted in empathy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Theology of Gratitude
Subtitle of host publication	Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Editors	Mona Siddiqui, Nathanael Vette
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	9
Pages	127-138
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781009198431
ISBN (Print)	9781009198400
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198431.014
Publication status	Published - 22 Dec 2022

Keywords

gratitude
multiculturalism
resentment
Brexit
Georg Simmel

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