No. 25 (2008): Barbarae people. The barbarians between myth and reality

Antigüedad y Cristianismo

No. 25 (2008): Barbarae people. The barbarians between myth and reality

Europe has largely been spared in the last 50 years of wars. And yet, our time is lived as a crisis. This is not so much due to climate change, which in fact most people hide, but rather to migration from Islamic countries, thus giving rise to many small and large conflicts in all areas of society. In daily life this is reflected in the different conceptions of the family, the roles of men and women and, less frequently, in the separation between Church and State. In some regions, and particularly in the large cities, true parallel societies have thus been configured, although still at the socially lower levels, which do not even master the language in common use. It is therefore not surprising that there is now a discussion throughout Europe about how immigrants can be integrated, how to get them to accept local social norms and how to get them to identify with the host country and its constitutional norms. Meanwhile, newcomers are still connected to their country of origin, so to speak, in the form of a "second" identity .........

Published: 13-03-2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc
Frequency: Anual

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