From the Post-colonial to the Intercultural – Are Genuine Intercultural Dialogues Feasible?
From the Post-colonial to the Intercultural – Are Genuine Intercultural Dialogues Feasible?

Author(s): Yun-shiuan (Viola) Chen
Subject(s): Philosophy, Education, State/Government and Education, Social development, Social Theory, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: intercultural dialogue; feasibility; Michael Peters; education; philosophy;
Summary/Abstract: Professor Peters’ keynote paper at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) in 2012 provides the basis for this essay which maintains that the discursive trends from the post-colonial to the intercultural reflect the desire at the policy level to grapple with the increasingly complex interactions between different groups. Nevertheless, the failure to explicitly address uneven positions and dynamisms interwoven by (geo-)political and economic factors among groups prevents the attainment of the goals that dominant policies advocating intercultural dialogues seek to achieve.

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