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This article deals with the history of the Fux family from Metlika in the region of Bela Krajina and the bonds between social elites of the town Metlika in Slovenia and the surrounding communities from Croatia. One part of the family history was taken from the personal papers of Emil Laszowski at the Croatian State Archives because he had a relationship with this family; the other part was taken from numerous published sources. The history of the Fux family was carefully researched by Jože Dular, a museologist, poet and fiction writer, who was the founder of the Belokranjski Museum in Metlika and its long-term director. He was married to the one of descendants of the Fux family and lived until his death in the house which was built in 1863 by Antonija Fux, born Wanka von Lenzenheim. The Fux family, who had been accumulating wealth for years (which peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries), made their social and economic position among the social elite along the border through marriages. Thanks to the diary of Emil Laszowski, which is also preserved in his personal papers at the Croatian State Archives it was possible to describe in detail the unhappy marriage and fate of Antonija Jr., born Fux and Daniel Šufflay from the nearby Croatian mansion of Brlog. Special attention in the article is dedicated to Antonija Wanka, married Fux, and her connections with Metlika folk revivalists such as Janez Kapelle and Anton Navratil. Navratil was the founder of the town’s reading room in 1865 and in his opposition to the German influence he mobilised not only the local followers, but also the adjacent Croats, of whom it is worthy to mention the Šufflays from Brlog, the Kniewald brothers from Grič near Karlovac and the Vranitzany family from Jurovo. We have consequently established that the social elite of such a small frontier town in the second half of the 19th century was international. In addition to the local Slovenes, it was composed of descendants of Czech immigrants (Navratil, Wanka von Lenzenheim, Horaček), Italians (Parma, immigrants from Monaster near Aquileia, Capelle) and the Germans from Kočevje (Sturm, Weibl and possibly Fux). The marriages of members of the Fux family with the border elites of neighbouring Croatia (Hranilović, Šufflay, Krištof, Lorković) were negligible. Namely, the composition of the Habsburg Monarchy and its administrative practices encouraged ethnic pluralism and frequent migration in almost all parts of it, which was the case in Metlika too. Finally, a few words are dedicated to the chronicle of the Fux family, which allegedly proves that they are of a noble origin. The transcript is in Emil Laszowski’s personal papers. Laszowski received the template from members of the Fux family, with whom he was a friend, as well as a relative. Special attention was paid to avoid mistaking this fictional creation for a historical fact. Although the “nobility” of the Fux family is proven to be a forgery, the question remains how this large family did not receive it at a time when families of clerks and soldiers received the nobility very easily, and the rich simply bought it. A sufficient reason for “merit and loyalty” to the emperor would be the longterm hereditary lease of an important post office in Metlika, which sent mail from Karlovac, one of the most important strategic strongholds of the Habsburg Monarchy, further to Ljubljana, Graz and Vienna. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aim: The aim of this paper is to show different program activities of the Marin Držić Library network which were created for the purpose of supporting cultural diversity, encouraging intercultural dialogue, and facilitating the integration of immigrants into Croatian society. Additionally, the paper emphasizes the benefits of the Erasmus+ Program - Adult Education, which enables expert training and improves the quality of adult education outside of the formal education systems. Approach/methodology/design. Taking into consideration the international and national, general and library documents, this paper first gives an overview of the definitions of multiculturalism and interculturalism, intercultural dialogue, intercultural education, and intercultural literacy, as well as an insight into the importance of libraries in a multicultural society. Next presented are the examples of the program activities implemented at the Savica Library and Marin Držić Children's Library, followed by the experience gained by participating in Let's Meet the Others project in Copenhagen, implemented within the framework of 2020 Erasmus+ program and for the purpose of exchanging experiences with librarians from other countries about the library programs and services intended for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Results. The overview of the program activities of the two branches of the Marin Držić Library network and the public library in Copenhagen shows numerous and diverse modalities of how public libraries in a multicultural environment can contribute to the encouragement of multiculturalism and interculturalism, as well as to the facilitation of the integration of immigrants. Originality. This paper for the first time describes the program activities of the Marin Držić Library network intended for immigrants and migrants together with the program activities intended for the local population for the purpose of familiarizing them with different cultures. Including an overview of the Copenhagen Nørrebro Library programs intended for vulnerable user groups of immigrants and migrants, the described examples can stimulate and inspire other public libraries in developing and implementing similar program activities, as well as stimulate involvement in the European mobility programs focusing on adult education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Violence among children is a phenomenon that attracts the attention of experts and scientists and is researched from the perspectives of various scientific disciplines. Given the complexity, prevalence, and consequences that this phenomenon causes in society, it can be characterized as a social problem, which is present in all societies and all social groups, regardless of cultural and ethical diversity. In recent decades violence, including violence among children, has been perceived as a threat to human rights and social norms. Modern society, marked by technological advances and the ever-thinning line between reality and virtual reality, is a social risk for new forms of violence, so electronic violence is becoming more common. Through the paper, various forms of violence that occur among children will be presented, with emphasis on the similarities and differences between traditional forms and electronic violence. In the context of the Republic of Croatia, this paper will analyse the legislative framework that prescribes measures for the prevention of violence among children, the responsibility of various persons and institutions in recognizing violence, and professional measures aimed at victims and perpetrators. An attempt will be made to answer the question of how these regulations contribute to solving the social problem of violence among children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper poses the question: is multiculturalism, in the situation of posttraditional social pluralization, an appropriate theoretical and practical model of integration in multiethnic and multicultural societies? In order to provide an answer, the author first analyzes the social processes responsible for speeding up contemporary social and cultural changes. The starting point of the analysis are the key insights of the theory of reflexive modernization. This is followed by an outline of the model of multiculturalism; the author explains why the demands for the group-specific protection of cultural minorities are focal to it. Particular attention is given to the ideas of C. Taylor and W. Kymlicka, and J. Habermas' criticism. The assumption is that in the posttraditional social conditions, juxtaposing collective vs. individual rights misses the point because in the circumstances of constant change and growing social reflexivity only the cultures capable of reflexive self-transformation can survive. Each project of culture protection that is comparable to the protection of "endangered species", which presupposes collective rights and duties, saps culture of its vitality and hinders the individuales in their critical reflexion of their identities. And contrary, in case of radical multiculturalism and rigid assimilationism -- in both cases cultures are understood as natural species outside social context -- posttraditional/reflexive reconstruction of identity can assume fundamentalist character. The author claims that the recognition of cultural minorities remains one of the central issues of present-day liberal democracies; however, the recognition of diversity ought to be based on democratic public debate through which individuals can work out their relationship towards different cultural traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author deals with the issue of the relationship between liberalism and multiculturalism and points out certain tensions stemming from the debate between liberals and multiculturalists. The paper mentions the theoretical interventions of political philosophers such as Charles Taylor (multiculturalist), John Gray (postmodern liberal conservative) and Brian Barry (liberal universalist). By looking into Barry's attack on Taylor and Gray, the author tries to show Barry's mistake in accusing those two of relativism derived from incommensurability, but also gives him credit for unerringly recognizing the weaknesses of the relativist criticism of liberalism. According to the author, many theoreticians participating in the academic dispute between the liberals and the multiculturalists assume that the real targets are the liberal egalitarians (Rawls and his disciples). This has created a dramatically erroneous impression that the USA are liberal in an egalitarian way. Thus, while the leftist critics of egalitarian liberalism were finding fault with the abominable universalist theory, the antiliberals (and the antimulticulturalists) have gained prominence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]