interculturalism refers to support for cross-cultural dialogue and challenging self-segregation tendencies within cultures.multiculturalism's double-bind: creating inclusivity cosmopolitanism and difference. ashgate publishing, ltd., 2009. p. 169. interculturalism involves moving beyond mere passive acceptance of a multicultural fact of multiple cultures effectively existing in a society and instead promotes dialogue and interaction between cultures.ibanez b. penas, ma. carmen lÃ³pez sÃ¡enz. interculturalism: between identity and diversity. bern: peter lang ag, 2006. p. 15. interculturalism has arisen in response to criticisms of existing policies of multiculturalism, such as criticisms that such policies had failed to create inclusion of different cultures within society, but instead have divided society by legitimizing segregated separate communities that have isolated themselves and accentuated their specificity.multiculturalism's double-bind: creating inclusivity cosmopolitanism and difference. ashgate publishing, ltd., 2009. p. 169. it is based on the recognition of both differences and similarities between cultures.hans van ewijk. european social policy and social work: citizenship-based social work. oxon, england, uk; new york, new york, usa: routledge, 2010. p. 136. it has addressed the risk of the creation of absolute relativism within postmodernity and in multiculturalism.hans van ewijk. european social policy and social work: citizenship-based social work. oxon, england, uk; new york, new york, usa: routledge, 2010. p. 136. philosopher martha nussbaum in her work cultivating humanity, describes interculturalism as involving "the recognition of common human needs across cultures and of dissonance and critical dialogue within cultures" and that interculturalists "reject the claim of identity politics that only members of a particular group have the ability to understand the perceptive of that group".femi james kolapo. immigrant academics and cultural challenges in a global environment. amherst, new york, usa: cambria press, 2008. p. 134. interculturalism has both supporters and opponents amongst people who endorse multiculturalism.multiculturalism's double-bind: creating inclusivity cosmopolitanism and difference. ashgate publishing, ltd., 2009. p. 169. gerald delanty views interculturalism as capable of incorporating multiculturalism within it.gerald delanty. community: 2nd edition. routledge, 2009. p. 71. in contrast nussbaum views interculturalism as distinct from multiculturalism and notes that several humanities professors have preferred interculturalism over multiculturalism because they view multiculturalism as being "associated with relativism and identity politics".femi james kolapo. immigrant academics and cultural challenges in a global environment. amherst, new york, usa: cambria press, 2008. p. 13
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