Leitkultur
Nationwide debate in Germany: Typo
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In early 2006, the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]] led to violent protests in Islamic countries, against depictions of [[Muhammad]] in a Danish newspaper. Lammert now restated his demand for a re-opening of the Leitkultur debate. The cartoon protests, he said, show that German society must reach a consensus on its "foundational values and a minimal standard of value orientation". The 'constitutional patriotism' (proposed by the philosopher [[Jürgen Habermas]]) would not suffice, since all constitutions are based on non-random cultural assumptions. Fundamental rights, such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression, must be fully supported by a social consensus ([[Böckenförde dilemma]]). According to Lammert, legal rights must be supported by and rooted in cultural values, and a nationwide debate on this issue was necessary, to re-establish such a link. The idea of multiculturalism was "perhaps originally well-intentioned", but had reached the end of its useful life: Multiculturalism could not be allowed to create a society where all value systems were treated as equal. In cases of conflicts, society had to decide which cultural views were valid, which value system took precedence, and which did not. Lammert insisted that he had never spoken of a ''German'' Leitkultur. He claimed the essential elements of the German culture were not specifically German, but ''European''. ([[Deutschlandfunk]] interview with Lammert, reported in the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'' of 8 February 2006). |
In early 2006, the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]] led to violent protests in Islamic countries, against depictions of [[Muhammad]] in a Danish newspaper. Lammert now restated his demand for a re-opening of the Leitkultur debate. The cartoon protests, he said, show that German society must reach a consensus on its "foundational values and a minimal standard of value orientation". The 'constitutional patriotism' (proposed by the philosopher [[Jürgen Habermas]]) would not suffice, since all constitutions are based on non-random cultural assumptions. Fundamental rights, such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression, must be fully supported by a social consensus ([[Böckenförde dilemma]]). According to Lammert, legal rights must be supported by and rooted in cultural values, and a nationwide debate on this issue was necessary, to re-establish such a link. The idea of multiculturalism was "perhaps originally well-intentioned", but had reached the end of its useful life: Multiculturalism could not be allowed to create a society where all value systems were treated as equal. In cases of conflicts, society had to decide which cultural views were valid, which value system took precedence, and which did not. Lammert insisted that he had never spoken of a ''German'' Leitkultur. He claimed the essential elements of the German culture were not specifically German, but ''European''. ([[Deutschlandfunk]] interview with Lammert, reported in the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'' of 8 February 2006). |
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Jörg Schönbohm also remains a vigorous advocate of a German guiding culture: in 2006 he suggested changing the name of the Berlin radio station ''radiomultikulti'' into 'Radio Schwarz-Rot-Gold' (black-red-gold, the colours of the German democratic revolution and |
Jörg Schönbohm also remains a vigorous advocate of a German guiding culture: in 2006 he suggested changing the name of the Berlin radio station ''radiomultikulti'' into 'Radio Schwarz-Rot-Gold' (black-red-gold, the colours of the German democratic revolution and the [[flag of Germany]]).{{cite web|url=http://www.netzeitung.de/medien/426204.html|title=Schönbohm wants "Radio Schwarz-Rot-Gold"|last=Kästner|first=Sven|date=21 July 2006|language=German|publisher=NZ Netzeitung|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111456/http://www.netzeitung.de/medien/426204.html|archivedate=2007-09-29}} |
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