CULTURAL/HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITY

Autor obrazlaže tezu o razlici kulturno-povijesnog i političkog identiteta, diferencirajući kulturno-povijesne većine i manjine od politič kih dobitnika i gubitnika. Pritom upozorava na demokratski paradoks prema kojem u državi vladaju političke manjine dobitnika, a ne političke većine gubitnika. U multietničkim društvima, smatra autor, potrebno je razvijati podjednako narodnu kao i političku kulturu, tj., kulturnu i političku toleranciju.The author presents the thesis about the difference between the cultural/historical and the political identity by distinguishing the cultural/ historical majorities and minorities from the political winners and losers. He points to the democratic paradox according to which states are not ruled by the losers’ political majorities but by the winners’ political minorities. According to the author, in multi-ethnic societies it is necessary to equally develop the popular and the political culture — that is the cultural and political tolerance