Chandran Kukathas

Chandran Kukathas

Chandran Kukathas holds the Lee Kong Chian Chair of Political Science and is Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. He was previously Chair of Political Theory and Head of the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Hayek and Modern Liberalism (1989) and The Liberal Archipelago (2003). His next book, Immigration and Freedom, will be published by Princeton University Press.

7 min
A truly diverse society exudes open-mindedness, not just reluctant acceptance of differing viewpoints.
Institute for Humane Studies
8 min
Understanding society as an ever-changing archipelago, rather than as a fixed, closed structure.
6 min
Objections to liberalism are often tied to traditions, morals, and cultural identity.
Institute for Humane Studies
8 min
Establishing cultural rights to protect diverse groups may not be the answer.
Institute for Humane Studies