> I tend to resist, with all my might, books & courses that attempt
> to teach human beings how to be human beings.
>From my view, dialogue as William Isaacs and Peter Senge talk about
it is not particularly "being human", though I suppose there is an
element of that. There's an emphasis on putting (or eventually
putting) self-interest (or selfishness) aside and hearing whatever it
is others want to say and allowing whatever questions others want to
ask and asking the questions that You see need to be asked. Probably
everyone gets the same idea and asks questions that they would really
like to get answers for, and remarkably (even tearfully according to
Isaacs) answers seem to be unavailable (for all the group's many
questions and differences).
> Perhaps the only thing I've read on dialogue is Martin Buber's
> work where he discusses the dynamics of different relationships:
> Buber also writes about the I and Thou dynamic, a fully human
> relationship and dialogue.
I also went through "I and Thou" probably over 15 years ago and
still remember the reverential tone for the other person. That's not
the reason I capitalize the word "You" (rather than big I little u),
though I guess it's related :) In fact, earlier this evening the
thought came to mind how in French they have the familiar form of
the word "You" and the formal and in English (or American) we have
the one word.
Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
jpf@myriad.net
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