The motive behind this paper is exploration of cultural diversity, regarding (collective) identity and cultural identity groups. The investigation sets up from the concept of identity in the general sense and progresses towards the cultural group identity, shifting to the policy of cultural group accommodation in the context of the democratic political system. Today, culture is seen as a political instrument with a “new” role to create, protect and promote diversity, but also manage it, thus giving birth to a new dimension of the classical view of pluralism. This especially occurs in times when countries, economies and cultures are affected by globalisation, and when European transition countries are asked to change their regime, and to fully transform their social system and democratise their social life. Culture’s “new” role has created “cultural pluralism”, as concept of society that houses cultural groups, both complex and large, with different forms of common institutions, internal organisation and value system, and even different religion. Cultural identity makes impositions when the larger culture in multicultural communities dominates, whereby a real conundrum emerges: how to preserve minority identity without instigating disintegration and separatism, and how to delineate a cultural frame of reference embracing all cultural differences and facilitating the survival of the multicultural community. The problem looms in light of globalisation, when cultural identities of more influential peoples and countries affect minor ones, thereby foisting cultural differences that further translate into extremism and fanaticism, either ethnic religious or cultural, rightfully deemed global terrorism. Keywords: identity, group identity, cultural identity, cultural pluralism, globalisation
18. Квартот-комуна Кристијанија во Копенхаген уште сведочи за идеалите на 19 68та Влезот во квартот-комуна, Кристијанија Тоа што се' уште постои, оваа жива утопија може да му ја заблагодари на огромната популарност ширум светот. Меѓутоа сегашната конзервативно-либерална коалиција во Данска има намера да му стави крај на социјалниот експеримент, што носи јасни траги на движењето од 68-мата година.