Barriers to Intercultural Dialogue
This article addresses one of the most pressing obstacles to intercultural dialogue in European societies today: the tendency to view cultures as fixed entities, defining people as a unit, and distinguishing them from other groups of people. While the acceleration of international migration into and...
| Published in: | Studies in interreligious dialogue |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Peeters
[2018]
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| In: |
Studies in interreligious dialogue
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Culture
/ Stereotyping
/ Obstacle
/ Interculturality
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations |
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| Summary: | This article addresses one of the most pressing obstacles to intercultural dialogue in European societies today: the tendency to view cultures as fixed entities, defining people as a unit, and distinguishing them from other groups of people. While the acceleration of international migration into and within Europe has enhanced peoples' cosmopolitan outlooks, it has also led to cultural generalisations. Moreover, such understandings may promote and consolidate cultural stereotypes, which in turn makes intercultural interaction difficult, even counterproductive. Focusing on the very concept of dialogue, however, this article argues that concentrating on uniqueness and cultural essence is to overlook the porosity of boundaries and the creative potential of the cultural encounter. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1806 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in interreligious dialogue
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SID.28.1.3285343 |