
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...


This book invites us to question our infatuation with freedom as autonomy and enlightenment and introduces a new concept: dialogic freedom. It presents riveting moments of decision in literature from Homer's Iliad to Morrison's Beloved, urging us to read for and with dialogic...