Full Description
This book urges readers to develop a radical capacity to unthink and rethink interculturality, through multiple, pluri-perspectival and honest dialogues between the authors, and their students. This book does not give interculturality a normative scaffolding but envisages it differently by identifying some of its polyphonic textures. China's rich engagement with interculturality serves to support the importance of being curious about other ways of thinking about the notion beyond the 'West' only. As such, the issues of culture, identity, language, translation, intercultural competence and silent transformations (amongst others) are re-evaluated in a different light. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing scientific insights for readers with an interest in interculturality.
Contents
Introduction.- The idea of culture is worn out.- Language is not what we might think it is.- Facilitating interculturality by unthinking and rethinking our relation to language.- Translating is not treason.- Talking to each other about interculturality.- First steps towards interculturality.- Rethinking identity.- Listening to those who experience interculturality to learn about what it is and how to 'do' it.- Examining other ways of engaging with interculturality.- Silent transformations with China.- Debunking intercultural competence.
