ABSTRACT

The dominant “Western” episteme in intercultural communication knowledge exemplifies the ascendancies and silences produced by modern science that grants credibility to northern “regimes of truth”. This paper makes a case for meta-intercultural ontologies as a frame of reference that is informed by the principles of post-colonial theory and intercultural philosophy. This orientation is underpinned by 1) the reconsideration of intercultural communication knowledge at the epistemological level to expand the horizons of knowledge production; 2) critique the historical Western hegemony over knowledge production and dissemination by examining the impact of power hierarchies and sociopolitical circumstances on academic practices.

摘要

跨文化交流知识中占主导地位的“西方”认识体现了现代科学产生的优势和沉默，它赋予北方“真理政权”可信度。本文将元跨文化本体论作为参照后殖民理论和跨文化哲学原则的参考框架。这一方向的基础是：1）在认识论层面重新考虑跨文化传播知识，以扩大知识生产的视野；2) 通过研究权力等级和社会政治环境对学术实践的影响，批判西方在知识生产和传播方面的历史霸权。