A Theory of Proculturation: Development of the Self Through Intercultural Communication

1. Introduction: Towards a systemic understanding of the semiotic and relational dynamics of the psyche

Part I - Considering paradigmatic assumptions on human psychology and intercultural relations

1. The self and 'culture' in psychology - the overview of complicated relationship from a historical perspective

The self 'on the move' how are the "effects" of intercultural relations understood and conceptually represented in psychology and anthropology?

Part II - Theory of proculturation - Constructive 'Leben' in-between familiar and unfamiliar 'cultures'

Considering the meaning/power of temporality and imagination for understanding the dynamics of engagement with familiar/unfamiliar cultural elements - distinguishing individual and sociocultural levels of analysis
1. Considering the historicity and phenomenological aspects of intercultural engagement - emphasizing microgenetic look at the process
2. Considering particularities and regularities of semiosis of alien elements - revealing the spectre of various affective-semiotic strategies: from radicalization and conventionalization through concretization to post-conventionalization and relativization of human thinkings and feelings through hyper-generalized abstraction

Part III - Conclusions