Politics of Interculturality

by Fred Dervin

Author	: Fred Dervin
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages	: 230
Release	: 2011-09-22
Genre	: Education
ISBN	: 1443834149

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Politics of Interculturality fulfills the need for a thorough and critical evaluation of the notion of interculturality. Taking institutional and educational discourses on the ‘intercultural’ as its main focus, the volume captures vigorous debates currently underway across four continents – the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania. The volume’s prominent and emerging scholars all agree that change is needed in the way interculturality is used and conceived, especially at a time when the ‘Other’ is an increasing issue of social concerns and political debates. The authors break with tradition by teasing out the hidden assumptions and implications of interculturality – making explicit the implicit presence of the tired old notion of ‘culture’. They also look to establish new ways of engaging with interculturality. The book will be of substantial interest to a wide range of readers who are interested in international communication, education, migration studies, critical race studies, cultural studies, anthropology, linguistics and business. Undergraduates and novice researchers will also find invaluable advice on how to research politics of interculturality.

Interculturality and the Political Within Education

by Fred Dervin

Author	: Fred Dervin
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2023-01-09
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9780367767679

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This innovative book problematises the internal relationships within and between the intercultural and the political in education. It engages in a critical dialogue with current practices and discourses, and the focus on 'the political' offers an alternative trajectory to explore interculturality within education. Drawing on international research and consolidated with application of top interdisciplinary theories in the field, Dervin and Simpson alert us to the current dangers of treating interculturality loosely in education. The authors engage in a dialogue to encourage readers to examine the meaning of interculturality and the state of research in education today, suggesting that we move beyond merely rehearsing theories, concepts and methods. More importantly they urge researchers, teachers and students to question Western-centric ideologies of interculturality. Intercultural and the Political Within Education is a must read for those who are dissatisfied with current intercultural research and education. It will be of great interest to researchers and students of the philosophy of education and those interested in the contemporary debates concerning ideologies, definitions and ownership of interculturality.

Politics, Communication, and Culture

by Alberto Gonzalez

Author	: Alberto Gonzalez
Publisher	: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages	: 304
Release	: 1997-03-20
Genre	: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN	: 9780761907411

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This volume offers a variety of perspectives on politics and culture. The authors are united in their assumption of, and inquiry into, the pre-existing cultural values and practices that are brought to and reflected in activities of the state, as well as in organized activities against the state. The authors also address the intercultural nature of such political activism. Part One describes ways of configuring politics, culture and communication. Part Two presents case studies that explore the cultural grounds of political activism. The final section introduces a new feature to the Annual: a forum in which scholars question, challenge and explore a topic related to the volume's theme. In this year's forum, four scho

Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World

by Manuela Guilherme

Author	: Manuela Guilherme
Publisher	: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages	: 314
Release	: 2002-01-01
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 9781853596094

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This book examines the acquisition of requests in English by a seven- year-old Japanese girl during her 17-month residence in Australia. The study focuses on the linguistic repertoire available to the child as she attempts to make requests and vary these to suit different goals and addressees. This book helps unravel features of pragmatic development in the child's interlanguage, a subject about which we yet know very little.

Culture and Politics

by Rik Pinxten

Author	: Rik Pinxten
Publisher	: Berghahn Books
Total Pages	: 320
Release	: 2004-06-01
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1800733933

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With "race" being discredited as a rallying cry for populist movements because of the atrocities committed in its name during World War II, "culture" has been adopted by right-wing groups instead, but used in the same exclusionary manner as racism was. This volume examines the essentialism, which is implicit in racial theories and re-emerges in the ideological use of cultural identity in new rightist movements, and presents case studies from different parts of the world where researchers were confronted with racism and worked out ways of coping with it.

Intercultural Communication & Ideology

by Adrian Holliday

Author	: Adrian Holliday
Publisher	: SAGE Publications
Total Pages	: 241
Release	: 2010-12-29
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 1847873871

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This book critically examines the main features of intercultural communication. It addresses how ideology permeates intercultural processes and develops an alternative 'grammar' of culture. It explores intercultural communication within the context of global politics, seeks to address the specific problems that derive from Western ideology, and sets out an agenda for research.

Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights

by R.E. Lowe-Walker

Author	: R.E. Lowe-Walker
Publisher	: UBC Press
Total Pages	: 234
Release	: 2018-01-15
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 0774832878

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Achieving socio-political cohesion in a community with significant ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity is a difficult challenge in contemporary liberal democracies. In the quest for neutrality, public policies and institutions shaped by the needs of the majority can inadvertently marginalize minority interests. Minority groups must therefore translate their desire for cultural recognition into terms that, ironically, often minimize cultural difference. Intercultural Deliberation and the Politics of Minority Rights examines the relationship between this minority rights paradox and cultural difference, building a compelling case for an inclusive approach to navigating minority rights claims. R.E. Lowe-Walker’s intercultural deliberation is designed to mitigate the injustices imposed by majority norms. Instead of asking what the liberal state can tolerate, she asks how our understanding of difference affects our interpretation of minority claims, shifting the focus from how to limit difference toward inclusive deliberations. This important work thus serves as a measure of social justice and a vehicle for social change.

Cultural Chauvinism

by Minabere Ibelema

Author	: Minabere Ibelema
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 130
Release	: 2021-02-03
Genre	: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN	: 1000349039

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This book explores the concept of cultural chauvinism as the sense of superiority that ethnic or national groups have of themselves relative to others, particularly in the context of international relations. Minabere Ibelema shows the various ways that academics, statesmen, and especially journalists, express their cultural groups’ sense of superiority over others. The analysis pivots around the notion of “Western values” given its centrality in international relations and diplomacy. To the West, this stands for an array of largely positive political and civic values; to a significant portion of the global community, it embodies degeneracies. Ibelema argues that often the most routine expressions go under the radar, even in this age of hypersensitivity. This book throws a unique light on global relations and will be of particular interest to scholars in international relations, communication studies and journalism studies.

Multiculturalism and Interculturalism

by Nasar Meer

Author	: Nasar Meer
Publisher	: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages	: 318
Release	: 2016-02-02
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1474407110

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Both interculturalism and multiculturalism address the question of how states should forge unity from ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. But what are the dividing lines between interculturalism and multiculturalism? This volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the field to address these two different approaches. With a Foreword by Charles Taylor and an Afterword by Bhikhu Parekh, this collection spans European, North-American and Latin-American debates.