THéORIE ET PRATIQUE DANS LE DIALOGUE INTERCULTUREL EUROPéEN

The concept of “cultural dialogue” is hard to define because it belongs to different fields of knowledge and human activity: sociology, psychology, anthropology, communication, etc. The difficulties of theoretical approach reflect, in fact, numerous barriers involved in materializing the concept, in interpersonal relations’ practices. Different perceptions, prejudices, external conditionalities, etc. act both on cognition and affects, resulting in behaviors incompatible with the idea of “dialogue”. All this should be known by those who want and are meant to be involved in incresing the availability of intercultural communication.