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- Title
The representations of social actors (students of different cultures) upon the common culture and interethnic relations in Romania. Do we form a nation?
- Authors
Mărginean, Raluca
- Abstract
From the very beginning, we focus on analysing the idea of a common culture in the Romanian society and school which are dominated by multiculturalism (the presence of groups belonging to various cultures, known as national minorities). Politically, the national minorities are recognized in the Constitution of Romania, which means that there is a common culture for all, regardless of the ethnic origin. Is it possible? Looking up in the Romanian dictionary we find out that the adjective "common" is defined as: "something that belongs to many or all of them; something that concerns many or all of them; something that is used by several people or all of them"29. Therefore, we can highlight the fact that a common culture is the one in which we all are found, at which we all take part, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion or sex. A common culture is possible and makes sense, as long as it helps to live a life in common, to establish social ties/relationships with others, to train in the spirit of citizenship, to develop a civic behaviour, to build a positive image of the Romanian nation, to establish positive relations with other nations, to form a critical spirit and a cultural, ethnic and religious tolerance. Emile Durkheim30 emphasizes that the society refreshes itself through education, homogenising its members to be similar as long as they socialize and live together. So, the school culture is the only that sends not only to mixing (for example, the formation of the Romanian citizen) but also to diversity, without which cooperation would not be possible (for instance, cooperation in the spirit of tolerance, freedom, etc.). In the absence of a common culture, the citizenship would not exist, because the connection between the different groups involved in a society could not be possible.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; ETHNIC relations; CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL pluralism; ETHNOCENTRISM; SELF-perception; NATIONAL character; SOCIAL conditions of ethnic groups
- Publication
Journal of Educational Sciences / Revista de Științe ale Educației, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
1454-7678
- Publication type
Article