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Transforming Otherness (Paperback)
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Transforming Otherness (Paperback)
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Today, people in different situations and contexts face
intercultural challenges. These are a result of increasing
mobility. Sometimes such challenges are brought about by crisis
situations and an international labor market. However, people also
come in contact with each other through forms of new technology
such as the Internet, and through literature and film. In these
multicultural encounters, misunderstandings and sometimes clashes
are experienced. This volume presents studies in culture,
communication, and language, all of which strive, through a variety
of theoretical perspectives, to develop understanding of such
challenges and perhaps offer practical solutions. Encountering
otherness may evoke fears, negative attitudes, and a corresponding
will to dismiss the otherness in front of us either consciously or
unconsciously. This denial of otherness may also be subtle.
Thinking about otherness, as described in this volume, also raises
questions about how otherness is represented and mediated and about
the possible role of third parties in facilitating communication in
such situations. Sometimes a third party can play a crucial role in
facilitating the communication process and serve as a channel of
communication. Trust in humanity as a bridge to community requires
a subtle balance between representations of self and other. Various
problems arise in intercultural mediation, which may be caused by
cultural and political differences, and these are sometimes used to
validate stereotypical beliefs and images. The editors argue that
in both academic and art circles, European perspectives have widely
been understood as universal.
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