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Kenan Malik
is an independent writer, lecturer, and broadcaster. He was born in India, grew up in Manchester, and now lives in London. He studied neurobiology at the University of Sussex, and history and philosophy of science at Imperial College, London.
He has written two books: The Meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society (Palgrave / New York University Press, 1996); and Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature (Weidenfeld & Nicolson [2000] / Rutgers University Press, [2002]). His new book, The Museum of Difference, is due to be published in 2006.Eurozine Articles
Mistaken identity
Multiculturalist advocacy of collective rights opens the door for religious law to take precedence over civil law, argues Kenan Malik. Partly responsible is the idea that people are bearers of a particular culture as opposed to social and transformative beings. [more]
Free speech in a plural society
Opening address at the 19th European Meeting of Cultural Journals
Multiculturalist censors turn the notion of respect on its head, said Kenan Malik as he opened the Eurozine conference. In a truly plural society we need the fullest possible extension of free speech. [more]
Say what you think
It is both inevitable and important that people offend the sensibilities of others, says Kenan Malik. Without that, society would be less progressive and alive. [more]