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Multikulturalizm w Europie Zachodniej – historia i teraźniejszość
Multiculturalism in Western Europe - history and present

Author(s): Mieczysław Ryba
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Culture
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: multiculturalism; postmodernism; Western Europe; utopia; ideology; identity

Summary/Abstract: The author in his article points out that the idea of multiculturalism collapses before our eyes today, because at its source is postmodern ideology which is extremely averse to national Christian tradition being the basis for European identity. In the name of utopia, its believers effectively destroyed the centuries-old tradition. The author notes that this ideology came to Poland in a situation where many Western politicians announced its bankruptcy. The tragic consequences of suppression of Christianity from the public space has been written many times. It is also very tragic that national tradition was destructed in the name of long ago bygone utopia. The author claims that the fight with the thousand-year tradition of the great nation has to end in disaster. Equally confusing is, in his opinion, the fierce struggle with the idea of the nation-state as a supposedly xenophobic solution, generating various wars and conflicts.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 35-50
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish