| Abstract: | One can describe three hurdles on the road to building a multi‐ethnic society: under‐estimating the problem; the conflict between the need to respect a culture and the need to open it to another culture; the existence of unacceptable aspects of a specific culture in a universalistic framework. The article describes ways to overcome these difficulties: (a) a gradual process from multiculturalism towards interculturalism; (b) certain minimum conditions must be met at the material level (home, work, etc); (c) to encourage individuals and communities to lessen their physical and psychological distance and to show each other mutual respect (to which education can provide a contribution through the teaching of social sciences). |
