Intercultural Self-Defence

Based on the author's 25 years of experience in researching and teaching interculturality, Intercultural Self-Defence: A Resource Book for Students, Teachers and Researchers is a compelling exploration of the subtle forces that shape Intercultural Communication Education and Research (ICER).

Autorentext

Fred Dervin is a renowned scholar in the field of Intercultural Communication Education and Research, serving as a Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki (Finland). Over his illustrious career, Dervin has contributed significantly to analyse, interrogate and disrupt discourses of interculturality with over 200 articles and 80 books. His latest books published with Routledge include The Paradoxes of Interculturality and The Routledge Handbook of Critical Interculturality in Communication and Education. Dervin is included in the Stanford Elsevier List of the world's best scientists (Top 2%).

Klappentext

Based on the author's 25 years of experience in researching and teaching interculturality, Intercultural Self-Defence: A Resource Book for Students, Teachers and Researchers is a compelling exploration of the subtle forces that shape Intercultural Communication Education and Research (ICER).

Inhalt

1. Intercultural self-defence against absurd worlds 2. Indoctrination on the intercultural stage: A play of (hidden) forces 3. Intellectual inertia unbound 4. Language indifference and nonchalance: Crises of language and interculturality 5. A guide to intercultural self-defence: Breaking free? 6 Defend yourself and ... others ...