Intercultural communication: the specifics of construction in the conditions of transformation of the modern world

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Keywords:

intercultural communication, dialogue of cultures, interethnic interaction, national-cultural specificity, cultural adaptation, paralanguage, discourse

Abstract

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of intercultural communication’s building in a contemporary society. The author systematises the available research in modern humanitarian thought concerning this problem, both of English-speaking and Russian-speaking scientists, and concludes that there are two main problems in the study of intercultural communication today. The first problem is the diversity of a contemporary cultural world. The second problem is cultural specific’s manifestation in the process of intercultural communication. Basing her work on the analysed theories and concepts, as well as the challenges of modern world, the author of the article forms her own model of intercultural communication. It includes the following components: communicants, act of communication, cultural context or background, discourse. The results of the research can be used in the investigation of these problems in the humanities: cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, pedagogy, psychology.

Author Biography

  • Evgeniya V. Kuznetsova, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; senior researcher at the department of globalisation, regionalisation and socio-cultural cooperation research

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Published

2023-02-22

Issue

No. 1 (2023): Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension

Section

Socio-Cultural Communications

How to Cite

[1]
Kuznetsova, E.V. 2023. Intercultural communication: the specifics of construction in the conditions of transformation of the modern world. Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension. 1 (Feb. 2023), 4–10.