I've been reading a book by I.Pillar in which she claims that problems encountered in intercultural communication stem not from different cultures but inequalities between people. It's all very well, since she's trying to shift the focus of failed communication on to the unequal financial and educational status of the two people conversing, but does it mean that she's denying cultural differences and culture all together? Does she mean that had we all come from backgrounds of similar financial status the communication would be smoother because we would perform it in exactly the same way? Would there be no difficulties in intercultural communication had we treated each other with mutual respect? Would that solve everything?
Great talk on cultural differences by Sheena Iyengar: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/pl/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html
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