Culture informs all aspects of life and involves the self in a significant way. Inputs from cultures relate to the self-organizing mechanism of the brain and thus condition the mind. As human communication is concerned with meaning, it also gets factored in. Looking beyond the pragmatic concerns and realpolitik of intercultural relationships, we should analyze its inherent value, scope and viability. It’s meant that only the viable elements in consonance with cultural relativity should be deemed…
Read moreCulture informs all aspects of life and involves the self in a significant way. Inputs from cultures relate to the self-organizing mechanism of the brain and thus condition the mind. As human communication is concerned with meaning, it also gets factored in. Looking beyond the pragmatic concerns and realpolitik of intercultural relationships, we should analyze its inherent value, scope and viability. It’s meant that only the viable elements in consonance with cultural relativity should be deemed valuable. A single ‘meta-project’ prevailing over the different cultures of the world has been condemned as unethical, although homogenizing currents of globalization are allegedly shaping the world in a Western mould. The Indian view that perceives culture as a pervasive moral order and its ideals harmonized in the unity of human nature needs consideration. Multilingual felicity helps in raising the communication index, devising higher order communication channels, for propagating whatever is of value for mankind. A culturally-sensitive, multilingual person is no longer a passive transmitter of inherited culture, but an active agent, ably processing the communication signals, working for a composite and sustainable culture. An enriched linguistic sensibility aids the exploration of intercultural truths and minimizes asymmetric intercultural communication.