Multiculturalism in Germany and its Prospects of Success through a Cultural Model of Behaviour
The article is destined to define the ideals of the cultural model of behaviour for the purpose of the cultural integration of the Germany’s immigrants into the German society. The attempt to build a multicultural society in Germany in which the representatives of different cultures should have lived in perfect union failed completely. However the integration of the foreigners remains one of the main political tasks for the future of Germany. Cultural model of behavior on the way toward the cultural integration of immigrants should contain exactly those severe personality requirements which the Germans impose to themselves: ‘appropriate’ and ‘decent’ (moral). ‘Only what is appropriate is permitted’. Only education and upbringing can open the door to the familiarization of the immigrants with the cultural model of behavior. However the success of the cultural integration lies in the extent to which an immigrant is ready to abandon his or her cultural identity and blend into a new dimension - German cultural space. Moreover ‘the new great migration of peoples’ (Völkerwanderung in German) has become a setback for the unification of the different cultures in Germany. A huge stream of refugees from the East since August 2015 has been raising persistently the culturological issue on the number of people integrated in the German cultural and political space.