The book therefore examines what both ‘intercultural’ and ‘dialogue’ mean, and what problems are encountered when seeking to actualise the practice of intercultural dialogue as a means of addressing our contemporary ‘crisis of difference’. Moreover, despite the high hopes and expectations that its advocates have for it, interculturalism, or more specifically intercultural dialogue, is no ‘magic bullet’, nor is it an easy option, procedurally or politically. Interculturalism and intercultural dialogue are, however, concepts that require a great deal of deconstruction. Among other things, 2008 was declared the ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ by the European Union (EU), and in the same year the Bouchard-Taylor Report (Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation) was a powerful advocate for a policy of interculturalism in Québec. In the last fifteen years, interculturalism has received a great deal of attention from academics and policy makers in Europe and North America, notably in respect of contemporary debates about multiculturalism.
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