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The problem addressed in this paper concerns the constitution of culture as intercultural experience. More precisely, it concerns how, in the face of today’s emphases on intercultural relations, which are captured by the postmodern catchphrase, “multiculturalism,” is it not only possible but necessary to describe the nexus of interpersonal relations in a way that is decisive and yet not definitive.
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Steinbock, A. (2004). Personal Givenness and Cultural a prioris. In: Carr, D., Chan-Fai, C. (eds) Space, Time, and Culture. Contributions to Phenomenology, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2824-3_11
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