...This chapter focuses on the politics of recognition that are so central to contemporary democratic thought. It analyses recognition in terms of its other modalities, espionage and camouflage. It describes the way in which liberal-democratic calls for recognition function to bracket alterity...

... Massey Doreen Sayyid Salman Macherey Pierre Nadeem Aslam Maps for Lost Lovers communitarianism gender equality politics of recognition failure of multiculturalism creative freedom censorship censure honour crime ‘I am sorry if you are offended but I can’t paint with handcuffs...