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The idea of intercultural mirrors is applied throughout all chapters as an instrument of analysis, an heuristic tool, drawn from philosophy, to provide a focus for the analysis of real life experiences. Plato noted that one could see one’s own reflection in the pupil of another’s eye, and suggested that the mirror image provided in the eye of the other person was an essential contributor to self-knowledge. Taking this as a cue, the contributors of this book have structured their writings around the idea that the view of us held by other people provides an essential key to one’s own self-understanding.    Contributors are: James Arvanitakis, Damian Cox, Mark Dinnen, James Ferguson, Tom Frengos, Dennis Harmon, Donna Henson, Alexandra Hoyt, William Kelly, Lucyann Kerry, Julia Kraven, Taryn Mathis, Tony McHugh, Raoul Mortley, Kristin Newton, Marie-Claire Patron, Darren Swanson, and Peter Mbago Wakholi.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52681448784145,"sku":"NLS9789004401297","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789004401297.jpg?v=1768561683"},{"product_id":"culture-and-identity-in-study-abroad-contexts-book-marie-claire-patron-9783039110827","title":"Culture and Identity in Study Abroad Contexts","description":"This book examines the effects of a study abroad experience on students' culture and identity and the impact of these effects on their readjustment to their home culture. 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