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Multikulturalizm: ewolucja dyskursu
Multiculturalism: Evolution of Discourse

Author(s): Jerzy Ciechański
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: multiculturalism; immigration; European Union; USA; discourse

Summary/Abstract: Multiculturalism as an ideology claims that Western societies ought to be transformed into patchworks of ethnicities, religions and races. It is supposed to help the economy grow. It also cancels out nationalism – the root cause of conflict and war. Immigration brings about such social transformation. From the mid-1980s that ideology set out the limits of public debate and underpinned immigration policies. However, the multicultural consensus of Western elites of opinion, power and money seems to be crumbling. Erstwhile marginalized, its critique becomes ever louder.

  • Issue Year: 59/2021
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 181-201
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: English, Polish