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Multiculturalism as the religion of politics
Multiculturalism as the religion of politics

Author(s): Constantin Necula
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: cultural fragmentation, multiculturalism; democracy of diversity; social pedagogy;

Summary/Abstract: Marked by both social and cultural fragmentations, Western Europe seeks a restructuring of culture, in order to provide a balance of both its social and spiritual context. A radical democracy that sanctifies diversity (1980-1990) opposes the Conservatism of resistance (1968- 1980) and is exhausted today in an effort to normalize values, which is marked in its turn by an unexpected element, which is called by classical sociology researchers „liberal radicalism” that is born of the conflict between the sociology of diversity and inclusive sociology. The church is caught between her ideal, as the people of God, and the European ideal, a new people with no national identity. The ideology of globalization becomes the strength of manufacturing this European people. Conservatism is opposed to Cultural Marxism. Is it a solution, especially when using Christian ethical elements, in order to instill political contents? Thus is born the tension of multiculturalism, facilitating a democracy of diversity at the expense of the democracy of representativeness.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2017
  • Issue No: Suppl_1
  • Page Range: 131-144
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English