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The Effect Quality of the Intercultural Dialogues… S.H.A. Shah Rizvi and M. Alviri / (67

to revise his culture and human person, setting aside
deepen his faith. power games and the

This process as David impulse to control or use
Yankelovich explores, may others for our ends.
potentially transform conflict Through the effort to

into cooperation and meet as equals, to listen
peaceful coexistence in a with empathy, and to be
multicultural context, if open about our preconceptions

occurs under three and prejudices, we may
particular conditions: break down some of the
- Equality (or at least barriers in the way of

suspension, as far as meaningful cultural and
humanly possible, of religious interaction. For
inequality and coercive dialogue practitioners, the

influences) full achievement of all
- Listening with empathy in three conditions is perhaps
order to understand something to aspire to: an
- Bringing assumptions out ideal set of circumstances

into the open. (Ref: in which a really profound
Yankelovich, 1999) dialogue may take place.
Therefore, dialogue is a
These conditions are verbal communication with
helpful in facilitating the other human beings who

sort of genuine human are interconnected to one
encounter that Buber another for mutual
envisioned, in which we understanding and respect
meet the other as a valued
inside the web of cultural