La prospettiva pluralistica e multiculturale in Danilo Zolo

This essay takes into consideration the pluralistic perspective in Danilo Zolo’s thought, dealing with the way in which the multiculturalist theme is situated in the legal-philosophical reflection of the author. In this regard, the article underlines a pioneering attention to multiculturalism as a theoretical approach inextricably linked to the political and legal dimension. The analysis will focus on the connection between the multiculturalist instance and Zolo’s substantive approach on citizenship, in the context of a discourse on the concept of national belonging. Finally, within a brief dialogue with Danilo Zolo starting from the Canadian experience, the paper aims to highlight the difference between an analytical and interpretative horizon focused on the crisis of the monistic Nation-State and a radical disarticulation of national citizenship.