Intercultural Communication: Critical Approaches and Future Challenges

By Giuliana Ferri

Presents a philosophical approach to intercultural communication that addresses key issues in the field, including essentialism and a belief in the measurability of intercultural competence
Proposes an alternative conceptualisation of the intercultural, based on the ethics of Levinas
Critiques the idea of intercultural dialogue as an unproblematised construct
Addresses the wider implications of intercultural communication in the context of widening gaps between self/other along axis of citizenship, inequality and cultural hegemony

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319739174
• ISBN13: 9783319739175
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"