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Wielokulturowość : przekraczanie (nie)widzialnych granic

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At first the interest in multiculturalism started in societies shaped by the immigration process. They were Canada and Australia, which in the 70s adopted, as the foundation of existence, the official policy of multiculturalism. Today, the interest in multiculturalism is centered mainly on Western European countries and increasingly Central-Eastern Europe. This is connected with the increasing number of refugees and immigrants arriving on the Old Continent. This situation is perceived as an important cause of many problems, including, above all, terrorist acts. The events in France, Belgium or Germany confirm such a thinking. Contemporary interest in multiculturalism helps its unequivocal understanding. It is important to point out three basie concepts of multiculturalism in the context of different social spaces. It is multiculturalism as a social phenomenon, a political project, and multicultural society. At least two problems are connected with multiculturalism: identity to multiculturalism - positive and negative and problems with multiculturalism describing the physical, symbolic and mental borderline of this phenomenon in real social area.