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- Title: Intersubjectivity and Interculturality: A Conceptual Link (Report)
- Author : China Media Research
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 202 KB
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Introduction Human beings are social beings. They define social reality, establish identities and construct the meaning of life through various forms of communication. Interpersonal communication is the process through which individuals become socialized into a specific community. This process reduces interpersonal distance and brings forth intersubjectivity. When people engage in intercultural communication and become re-socialized into a larger intercultural community, they will go beyond cultural boundaries, produce interculturality and develop intercultural personhood (Kim, 2001). Intersubjectivity reflects the conditions of all human existence. It serves as an essential mechanism that hangs individuals together and facilitates social communications (Crossley, 1996). As a product of social communication, intersubjectivity not only plays a key part in establishing interpersonal relationships but also constitutes an indispensable element in constructing interculturality. Interculturality best expresses intercultural relations and functions as a bridge that promotes intercultural dialogues (Dai, 2009). Investigating intersubjectivity and interculturality helps us grasp the basic structure of interpersonal communication, comprehend the nature of intercultural dialogue and improve its effectiveness. Many scholars have discussed the concept of intersubjectivity (eg., Buber, 2001; Collier & Thomas, 1988; Habermas, 1970; Markoci, 2003a, etc.), but few of them have addressed the definitions of interculturality and how the former acts upon the latter. This paper first defines intersubjectivity and interculturality and explains their basic forms in communications. Secondly, it identifies the relationship between them and sheds light on how they can be mutually enhanced and transformed.