AUTHOR:
Oleg Fylyk
ABSTRACT:
The article observes the parameters of formation, evolution and effects of the development of the politics of multiculturalism in Europe in the historiographical context. The author found that the doctrine and politics of multiculturalism in Europe and its countries had gone through several stages of development. Initially (in the 50s and 60s of the XXI century) the discourse on minorities concerned «color», later (in the 60s and 80s of the XXI century) «race», far along (in the 90s of the XXI century) «ethnicity», and finally currently (since the beginning of the XXI century) «religion». That is why European multiculturalism has always been an extraordinary phenomenon, which is better described as a negotiating order with a certain room for maneuver and a dynamic interaction between group, state and person. Although historiographically there are at least three groups of researchers and practitioners, including those who believe that: a) multiculturalism has never existed; b) multiculturalism is currently «dead» or gradually is declining; c) multiculturalism is more flexible today than ever before.
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