2020, vol. 50, iss. 4, pp. 337-356
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The three faces of America and the problem of assimilation in the Huntington's paradigm
Tri lica Amerike i problem asimilacije u Hantingtonovoj paradigmi
University of Priština - Kosovska Mitrovica, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology
email: zoramino@gmail.com
Abstract
In this paper, the author offers an interpretation of Huntington's account of three possible faces of America, the socio-political state of America in the immediate future. He derived these three perspectives from his paradigm of the clash of civilizations. These three faces of America are: 1. America as an open society to the rest of the world; 2. Imperial America, in which the world would be transformed into America; 3. America remains America, as opposed to spreading a new wave of ideas through the media about multiculturalism as the most humane way of existence of culturally diverse population in the human community. Between these three choices, Huntington opts for the third option, because only if America remains America can the national identity be preserved on the foundations of Anglo-Protestant culture. Immigrant assimilation is the key to solving the problem for the survival of the United States. In this text, the author discusses Huntington's three interpretations of the concept of assimilation and comes to the conclusion that through the concept of a foreigner, the other, who moves away from the domicile population like a quasar, as an embodiment of human alienation, all three possible imaginary histories of America are broken.
Sažetak
Autor je u ovom radu pristupio tumačenju Hantingtonovog prikaza o moguća tri lica, društveno-političkog stanja Amerike u neposrednoj budućnosti. Ove tri misaone perspektive on je izveo iz svoje paradigme o sukobu civilizacija. TA tri lica Amerike su: 1. Amerika kao otvoreno društvo za ostali svet; 2. Imperijalna Amerika, u kojoj bi svet bio preobražen u Ameriku; 3. Amerika ostaje Amerika, nasuprot širenju novog talasa ideja putem medija o multikulturalizmu kao najhumanijem načinu egzistiranja kulturno raznolikog stanovništva u ljudskoj zajednici. Hantington se između ova tri izbora opredeljuje za treću opciju, jer se samo u slučaju da Amerika ostane Amerika može očuvati nacionalni identitet na temeljima angloprotestanske kulture. Asimilacija useljenika predstavlja ključ rešenja problema za opstanak SAD-a. U ovom tekstu autor razmatra Hantingtonova tri tumačenja pojma asimilacije i dolazi do zaključka da se kroz pojam stranca, onog drugog, koji se poput kvazara udaljava od domicilnog stanovništva, kao otelotvorenje ljudske otuđenosti, prelamaju sve tri moguće imaginarne istorije Amerike.
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