Matthias Kaufmann, Halle
a.d. Saale: Toleranz ohne Indifferenz – Integration und
die Rückseite der
Akzeptanz
While in the Netherlands
there are complaints about the „emptiness of a culture of
tolerance“ we can find attempts to „surmount“ the concept of
integration in France, because immigrants feel culturally neglected by the
French tradition of republicanism with its „enforced cultural
equalization“. A conceptual analysis of the central terms may help to see
why from different points of view there seems to be a „lack of
difference“. The paper entails a plea for tolerance seen as acceptance of
individuals within their original culture but argues that group rights for
minorities should be conceded only in special and rare cases.