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MacDonald, Malcolm N. and John P. O'regan. 2007. Cultural Relativism and the Discourse of Intercultural Communication: Aporias of Praxis in the Intercultural Public Sphere. Language and Intercultural Communication 7 (4) : 267–278.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethics | ideology | intercultural communication | language and culture | relativism

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This paper argues that, by assuming an ethical position towards difference, intercultural communication discourse gets mixed up in a range of aporias, or performative contradictions. It suggests to put aside presence politics in favour of an intercultural interaction that is oriented towards responsibility rather than to truth.