Conclusions: l'interculturel en débat

This introductory course is given at Stockholm University for students in French at the bachelor level. The course is about "intercultural relations and communicative competence" with an overview of theories borrowed from the Frankfurt school (critical theory), the school of Birmingham (18964-1980) and the French Theory. The presentation is the conclusion of this course with an insight on theories from transactional analysis where intercultural encounters are interpreted in terms of symbolic and cultural exchanges.