Attitudes to “Familiar” and “Others” – the Mechanisms which Determine a Way of Perceiving Otherness in the Perspective of Junior High School Youth Cover Image

Postawy wobec „swoich” i „obcych” – mechanizmy determinujące sposób postrzegania odmienności w perspektywie młodzieży ponadgimnazjalnej
Attitudes to “Familiar” and “Others” – the Mechanisms which Determine a Way of Perceiving Otherness in the Perspective of Junior High School Youth

Author(s): Ewa Wysocka
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, School education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie

Summary/Abstract: The author worked out some issue: in what way junior high school youth rationalize the terms of “familiar” and “others”. The undertaken researches reveals that the teenagers are not free of stereotypes. At the same time world extract contacts with “others”, they should be prepared for cooperation and contacts. That is why the author postulates rejection of ethnocentrism but with keeping own identity – the attitude of dialog is the most desirable for young generation.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 125-141
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish