Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World argues that our most cherished ideas about freedom--being left alone to do as we please, or uncovering the truth--have failed us. They promote the polarized thinking that blights our world. Rooted in literature, political theory and Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of language, this book introduces a new concept: dialogic freedom. This concept combats polarization by inspiring us to feel freer the better able we are to see from the perspectives of others. To say that freedom is dialogic is to apply to it an idea about language. If you and I are talking, I...

Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World argues that our most cherished ideas about freedom being left alone to do as we please, or uncovering the truth have failed us. They promote the polarized thinking that blights our world. Rooted in literature, political theory and Mikhail Bakhtin s theories of language, this book introduces a new concept: dialogic freedom. This concept combats polarization by inspiring us to feel freer the better able we are to see from the perspectives of others. To say that freedom is dialogic is to apply to it an idea about language. If you and I are talking, I...