Genocide

The word genocide is nowadays used in a number of different ways and one must to try and analyse them separately, to the extent that this is possible.

Nationalism

The 20th Century was par excellence the century of nationalisms. It is sufficient to remember that the causes of the two world wars were directly linked to the consequences of nationalist doctrine exalting all that belongs to one’s own nation..

Prejudice

All types of thought –also those of scholars and scientists – proceed according to established models, stereotypes and prejudices.

Cultural Pluralism, The Challenge of our Time

“Cultural pluralism” is a recent concept in Europe to the extent that many do not know what it means.

The Diaspora

Literally a diaspora is the “dispersion of a people leaving their homeland and migrating in various directions”.