Open AccessThe Immigrant as a Not-invented “Other”
Author(s) -
Krystyna Romaniszyn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
studia polonijne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-526X
pISSN - 0137-5210
DOI - 10.18290/sp.2018.1
Subject(s) - immigration , adaptation (eye) , phenomenon , dimension (graph theory) , european union , sociology , key (lock) , political science , gender studies , psychology , epistemology , law , computer science , economics , computer security , philosophy , mathematics , neuroscience , pure mathematics , economic policy
The paper aims at discussing the problem of adaptation of newcomers who originate form distant cultures. In particular it aims at examining the cultural factor – a key dimension of the concept of the “other” that influence immigrants adaptation to the receiving society. The discussion enters into the wider phenomenon of the cultural determinants of migration and adaptation. It focuses on the encounters with the Muslim immigrants into the European Union states. The paper ends with brief notes on the migration discourses.