Czy orientalizm jest zły? Między komunikacyjną grą a niegrą
Is orientalism bad? Between the communication game and the non-game

Summary/Abstract: Linguistics deals with communication and its pragmatic effects in terms of dynamic changes in human relationships fostered by the informa-tion circulated between the interacting parties. Such relationships may be especially complex in the intercultural context, when certain information belonging to the source environment may not be clear to the participants functioning in the target environment. Communication may relate to the facts verified with solely technical means, but also to the unverifiable convictions, views and stereotypes. Its specific manifestation in the contemorary circulation of pop-cultural (and not only) relations is the presence of orientalism-related threads. Some premises on whether such threads should be recognized as harmful and distorting the communication per-spective by their very definition – and why – are presented in the paper. The methodology of game research, with reference to the psychological games and the roles of the Child, the Adult and the Parent, being alluded on purpose by the triad of the expert, nonexpert and careless narratives, makes it possible to differentiate effectively the verifiable reports on facts from the narratives which, by their very definition, are not subject to verification, and which are of ten misleading or do not go beyond the harmful stereotypes.

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