The Lebowski Shock
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The Lebowski Shock

Deconstructing Normative Intercultural Paradigms

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eBook - ePub

The Lebowski Shock

Deconstructing Normative Intercultural Paradigms

About this book

Grounded in autoethnographic observations and informed by critical, postmodern, ethnographic, and narrative approaches, this work presents a new framework for intercultural communication education that aims to deconstruct normative intercultural paradigms.

Critical scholars in intercultural communication education have advocated a shift from the essentialist approach, which focuses on the Western Centre, to a non-essentialist approach that treats all national cultures as equally complex, rich, and legitimate. However, deconstructing old frameworks is easier than constructing new alternatives. At the heart of this book lies the "Lebowski Shock", an innovative theoretical construct that bridges the gap between the ideals of non-essentialist and non-stereotypical intercultural learning, and their practical implementation. It can overcome the human cognitive tendency toward essentialism and the entrenched power structures that perpetuate essentialist views. By offering a tangible and actionable framework, the "Lebowski Shock" equips readers with the tools to approach learning, teaching, and collaboration across diverse cultural contexts and foster open-ended, participatory, nuanced, and respectful intercultural engagement.

This book will serve as an essential resource for scholars, educators, and students in intercultural communication education, as well as for anyone dedicated to promoting intercultural understanding.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Series Editor Foreword
  9. 1 Introduction: What Is Lebowski Shock?
  10. 2 The Bethune Shock: Transcending Normative Ideological Labels
  11. 3 The Church Shock: Deconstructing Essentialist Religious Thinking
  12. 4 The Directness Shock: Suppressing Extrapolative Cultural Categorizations
  13. 5 The BBQ Shock: Examining Food as an Anthropological and Cultural Artifact
  14. 6 The School Shock: Exploring Complex Structural Reasons behind Pedagogical Differences
  15. 7 The Freedom Shock: Breaking the Imposition of Hegemonic Western Discourses
  16. 8 The Debt Shock: Dismantling the ā€œCheap Chineseā€ Stereotype through Systems Thinking
  17. 9 The Hofstede Shock: Revealing the Limitations of Binary Cultural Dimensions
  18. 10 The University Shock: Challenging the Myth of Universal ā€œBest Practicesā€
  19. 11 The Chinatown Shock: Foregrounding the Complexity of Cultural Identity
  20. 12 Conclusion: Revisiting the Four Design Features of Lebowski Shock
  21. Index