Transculturalism

Transculturalsim promotes openness of cultures to each other.
Transculture is a way for each individual to overcome determinations of his or her's own culture. To leave on the borders of one's culture, to be beyond the limitations and confines of one's cultural identity.

Mikhail Epstein

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