Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview? The case of nine European countries

Jordi López-Sintas, Tally Katz-Gerro, Jörg Rössel, Simon Manuel Walo

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Abstract

The European social landscape has changed due to Europeanization, globalization, and migration processes, leading to more transnational exchanges, personal relations connecting people from different European countries, and greater cultural and ethnic diversity. Our research explored whether these processes have led to a new inclusionary cultural worldview and the possible social underpinnings. We analyse the inclusionary cultural worldview on two levels: geographical inclusiveness, reflecting an openness to other cultures, and aesthetic inclusiveness, reflecting an openness to go beyond a traditional hierarchical highbrow view of culture. In our research, based on a recent survey conducted in nine European countries, we find evidence for both inclusionary and exclusionary orientations in both geographical and aesthetic worldviews, with the inclusionary and exclusionary orientations correlating with each other and constituting a cultural worldview. We further find that the inclusionary worldview is more pronounced among better educated and older people, among women, and in more socioeconomically developed countries. In contrast, the exclusionary worldview is more common among less educated and older people, men, and in less socioeconomically developed and less economically stable countries.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number102092
JournalInternational Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume103
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2024

Keywords

  • Cultural openness
  • European identity
  • Exclusionary cultural worldview
  • Inclusionary cultural worldview
  • Migration

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Business and International Management
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

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