公共の分断を克服する市民的対話 Overcoming Polarization in the Public Square : Civic Dialogue

Barthold, Lauren Swayne

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2020/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 208 p.
• 商品コード 9783030455859

Full Description

This book describes how civic dialogue can serve as an antidote to a polarized public square. It argues that when pervasive polarization renders rational and fact-based argumentation ineffective, we first need to engage in a way that builds trust. Civic dialogue is a form of structured discourse that utilizes first-person narratives in order to promote trust, openness, and mutual understanding. By creating a dialogic structure that encourages listening and reflection, particularities and differences about fraught identities can be expressed in such a way that leads to the possibility of connecting through our fundamental, shared, and deeply felt humanity. Drawing on Plato, Buber, Gadamer, Dewey, cognitive bias research, as well as the work of dialogue practitioners, Lauren Swayne Barthold provides a sustained defense of civic dialogue as an effective strategy for avoiding futile political arguments and for creating pluralistic democratic communities.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Roots of Dialogue.- Chapter 3 Understanding (as) Dialogue.- Chapter 4 Defining Dialogue.- Chapter 5 The Power of Dialogue.- Chapter 6 The Virtues of Dialogue.