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 anticipate from you a response that could be friendly,
hostile, or indifferent, and this awareness helps determine what I
say. If you look bored or give me a blank stare, I might not say
anything at all. In this sense language is dialogic. The same can
be said of freedom. Our decisions take into account the voices of
others to which we feel answerable, and these voices coauthor our
choices. In today's polarized world, prevailing concepts of freedom
as autonomy and enlightenment have encouraged us to take refuge in
echo chambers among the like-minded. Whether the subject is
abortion, terrorism, or gun control, these concepts encourage us to
shut out the voices of those who dare to disagree. We need a new
way to think about freedom. Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized
World presents riveting moments of choice from Homer's Iliad,
Dante's Inferno, Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Milton's
Paradise Lost, Melville's "Benito Cereno," Dostoevsky's The
Brothers Karamazov, Kafka's "In the Penal Colony," and Morrison's
Beloved, in order to advocate reading for and with dialogic
freedom. It ends with a practical application to the debate about
abortion and an invitation to rethink other polarizing issues. For
more information, please visit: http://dialogicfreedom.weebly.com/.
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