DIALOGUE AS A PERSONAL TOOL OF INTEGRATION OF MIGRANTS

Backround: In his study, the author discusses the possibilities of implementation of dialogue within the processes of facilitation of integration of migrants.He provides two basic arguments for the purpose: the one based on relational understanding of dialogue as an interpersonal event as developed in the philosophy of dialogue, that is as an encounter of autonomous individuals based on the principles of mutuality and finality; the other one based on European historical experience with xenophobia, which must be taken seriously into consideration in this regard. Finally, he illustrates the idea of dialogue as an alternative to the conflict on an example of Charles de Foucauld, a renowned Catholic proponent of the Christian-Muslim dialogue.Conclusion: Both Christians and Muslims can propose a reference to the value-based sense of life to the present "hyperconsumer civilization", as described and philosophically analyzed by Gilles Lipovetsky, but only under the condition that they will proclaim it with their own lives.