My dialogue with dialogue

Abstract

The works of Martin Buber, on dialogue, have an important part of my studies on dialogue, in particular in examining the ontology of the "between" or relationship that Buber articulated in his writings on I-Thou and I-It. Concepts such as confirmation, individuation, image, wholeness, free person, otherness, imagining the self, monologue versus dialogue, "sphere of between," unification, and genuine dialogue, to name those more important in my study, are addressed in this chapter as I examine my own "dialogue with dialogue.". © 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.