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\n Europe in recent decades has been increasingly characterised by an ethnic and cultural diversity with a growing non-European element. The conflicts and problems arising in this connection are perhaps to be viewed as a species of teething trouble on the road to a fruitful hybrid culture. Coupled with a growth of socio-economic stratification, they can also mark the beginning of a profound fragmentation whereby ethnic subcultures, instead of being integrated with European societies, reject the values and norms of the dominant culture. There are fears of such a society becoming characterised by strong suspicion and hostility, a \u201cconflict of civilisations\u201d in the everyday context. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The trend towards even greater ethnic and cultural diversity in Europe seems inevitable in the century that lies ahead of us. The European population is ageing steadily, and all the indications are that its low birth rate will have to be made up for by means of large-scale immigration. What will it take for this kind of Europe to become a smooth-running society? What demands will be made on European societies and on people migrating to them? On what philosophical and political foundations is such a society to rest? What, for example, will be the role of religion? Will a cosmopolitan culture arise as a consequence of generation changes, with new generations becoming less and less tied to their ethnic identity and adopting a global culture and lifestyle? Or will separate identities flourish but prove less of a problem than expected; perhaps the fear of them is just a legacy of the homogenisation ideals of modernism?<\/p>\n

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There are perhaps important lessons to be learned for the future by studying the situation in present-day Europe. Different countries \u2013 France, Britain and Germany, to take just a few examples \u2013 have adopted different standpoints on immigration, and comparisons between them could provide important clues for what a future policy might bring and what can Europe learn from the United States, with its long tradition of being a melting pot?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n Philip Bobbitt: Sovereignty and Identity in a Historical Perspective <\/p>\n

\n Professor, Texas University, School of Law, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Ingvild Saelid Gilhus: The Role of Religion in Cosmopolitan Cultures <\/p>\n

\n Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Religious Studies, Norway <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Richard Swartz: Historical Experience of European Cosmopolitanism \u2013 The Habsburg Empire and the Fall of Yugoslavia <\/p>\n

\n Author and Journalist, Sweden <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Zygmunt Bauman: When Strangers Meet Strangers \u2013 The Challenges of Cosmopolitanism <\/p>\n

\n Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Leeds and University of Warsaw, UK\/Poland <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Nathan Glazer: The Reality of Multiculturalism in America <\/p>\n

\n Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Department of Sociology, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Russell Jacoby: The Myth of Multiculturalism <\/p>\n

\n Professor of History, UCLA, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n David Goodhart: Solidarity and Diversity: The Progressive Dilemma <\/p>\n

\n Editor-in-Chief, Prospect Magazine, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Norman Birnbaum: USA and Europe \u2013 The Identity Divide <\/p>\n

\n Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Catherine Audard: Multicultural Citizenship and the Politics of Recognition \u2013 The Case of France <\/p>\n

\n Dr, London School of Economics, Forum of European Philosophy, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Michael Bommes: German Identity and Ethnic Diversity <\/p>\n

\n Dr, Professor, University of Osnabr\u00fcck, Institute of Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Germany <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Jytte Klausen: Euro-Muslims: Rejection and Belonging <\/p>\n

\n Professor, Brandeis University, Department of Politics, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Case of Holland <\/p>\n

\n Member of Parliament, Volkspartij Voor Vrijheid en Democratie, The Netherlands <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Elazar Barkan: Historical Crimes and National Identity <\/p>\n

\n Professor, Department of History and Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Adam Kuper: The Culture of Discrimination: Reflections on Multi\u00adculturalism <\/p>\n

\n Professor, Department of Human Science, Brunel University, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Kenan Malik: Multiculturalism and Individual Freedom <\/p>\n

\n Author and Journalist, London, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Christopher Hitchens: Should the World Become American? <\/p>\n

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