Intercultural Hermeneutics and the Cross-cultural Subject
- 24 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Intercultural Studies
- Vol. 30 (3), 267-284
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07256860903003575
Abstract
The paper critically engages with contemporary theories of cross-cultural understanding and cross-cultural subjectivity found in the areas of intercultural hermeneutics, intercultural social theory and the discourse on the stranger. Drawing on Gadamerian hermeneutics the paper takes some preliminary steps in formulating an alternative conception of the in-between subject and cross-cultural interpretation that incorporates the ambivalence of boundaries, the enabling dimension of essentialism and acknowledges the role that fore-meanings and fore-structures have on cross-cultural understanding. In contrast to existing theories I conclude that the cross-cultural subject is situated within the intercultural encounter rather than dwelling above it.Keywords
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