The preservation of collective cultural identity in tension with the integration of new members was the topic of a discussion between Taylor and Habermas in their texts on recognition policy. For both the idea of nation per se no longer has enough aggregating force in modern states. Faced with factual diversity, two questions arise: What could help to maintain the unity of the political community in the given society? And second, how can new members be socially integrated? The text addresses these questions, reconstructing that debate and the alternatives proposed by the two authors, taking into account both the increasing individualization of life forms and transnational migration.
Recognition; Migrations; Social integration; Citizenship