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Presentation on: John Rex (2001) “The concept of a multicultural society“ in Guibernau, Montserrat and Rex, John (eds.): The Ethnicity reader, Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, pp. 205-220 Julia Scheffler European Studies 5th semester Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Germany John Rex His best known books are: Key Problems of Sociological Theory (1964) Race Relations in Sociological Theory (1970) Race and Ethnicity (1986). His most recent book is: Ethnic Minorities in the Modern Nation State:Working Paper in the Theory of Multi-Culturalism and Political Integration (1996). “My biography tells much of my academic career and I do believe in the idea of an objective sociology. Nonetheless my life has been one of continuous political engagement.” (/main/aboutme.php) Structure of the Text Value orientations in Social Science Plural and Multicultural Societies The Institutions of the Public Domain The Boundaries of the Public Domain Education and the Public and Private Domains The Structures of the Private Domain Conflict and Compromise in the Multicultural Society Summary: The Essentials of a Multicultural Society Main Quotation: “Thus multiculturalism in the modern world involves on the one hand the acceptance of a single culture and a single set of individual rights governing the public domain and a variety of folk cultures in the private domestic and communal domains.” (p. 210) Argumentation Begins with sociology Rex tries to develop an ideal of a multicultural society Main feature: unitary society in public domain but diversity in private/communal matters (p. 208) Explains what is meant by public domain: law, politics and economy The Boundaries of Public Domain are: family, morality and religion The special role of Education: 3 functions: -selecting individuals -transmitting of important skills -transmitting of moral values -- this conflicts with private domain The clash of Val