The paper discusses the future of the cultural heritage in the light of the theory of cosmopolitan Europe. In the case of Feri Lainšček's novel Nedotakljivi, the author shows what role is played in this regard by literature, especially the memory of small nations that is inclined towards creating multiple images of the past. A critical stance is also taken towards contemporary views of the cosmopolitanisation of the European heritage that see openness towards foreignness and otherness as the foundation of democratic development. The case of the construction of the foreignness of the Roma shows that the effects of such cosmopolitanisation are not necessarily democratic. Instead of this, an emphasis is placed on the tradition of humour and self-irony, which is proposed as a suitable basis for democratic development by the signatories of the manifesto We are Europe.
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