The Critical Turn in Language and Intercultural Communication... - 9781138953451

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The Critical Turn in Language and Intercultural Communication PedagogyTheory, Research and Practice\nAuthor(s): Maria Dasli, Adriana Raquel Daz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138953451, 978-1138953451\nSynopsis\nThis edited research volume explores the development of what can be described as the critical turn in intercultural communication pedagogy, with a particular focus on modern/foreign language education. The main aim is to trace the realisations of this critical turn against a background of unequal power relations, and to illuminate the role that radical culture educators can play in the making of a more democratic and egalitarian social order. \n\nThe volume takes as a starting point the idea that criticality draws on a number of intellectual traditions, which do not always focus on social and political critique, and argues that because ideological hegemony impacts on the meanings that people create and .