Xenophobic attitudes among students of particular fields
of study in Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University Cover Image

Postawy ksenofobiczne wśród studentów wybranych kierunków studiów Krakowskiej Akademii im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego
Xenophobic attitudes among students of particular fields of study in Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

Author(s): Mateusz Gawron
Subject(s): Culture and social structure , Environmental interactions, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: xenophobia; oikophilia; racism; discrimination; ethnocentrism; community

Summary/Abstract: The following article is an attempt to present the phenomenon of xenophobia, on the one hand, as an aversion to everything what is foreign, on the other, as a specific way of feeling which in some sense is a behaviour understood for every man. In this paper, other phenomena similar to xenophobia such as racism or discrimination which have a lot of shared areas with xenophobia as well as their most important mechanisms, were also described. Moreover, the issue concerning community was raised without which xenophobia could not actually occur. The article also includes the chosen examples showing signs of xenophobia, on Polish as well as foreign ground, concerning the latest events related to immigrants and refugees which we can see the most frequently in the media and web portals.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-148
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish