Intercultural dialogue, as a concept and ideology in the European Union, stimulates a rational 21st century society where people can engage in (intercultural) communication on a global scale, and can do so openly and freely in conditions of security and mutual respect. Intercultural dialogue connotes dialogic communication that is peaceful, reconciliatory, and democratic. Yet the term and its accompanying rhetoric belie the intercultural communicative undercurrents and their manifestations that people encounter in their daily lives.
The research-informed chapters in this book, which...
Intercultural dialogue, as a concept and ideology in the European Union, stimulates a rational 21st century society where people can engage in (in...