IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE:OVERCOMING THE MASTER SELF THROUGHTHE CULTIVATION OF A DIALOGICAL SELF-IDENTITY
IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE:OVERCOMING THE MASTER SELF THROUGHTHE CULTIVATION OF A DIALOGICAL SELF-IDENTITY

Summary/Abstract: This paper argues that the pluralist ethos of today’s world requires dialogue, i.e., the construction of shared meaning through a plurality of perspectives. This, in turn, requires that partners in dialogue overcome the perspective of the “master self” who claims universal legislative authority in its quest for epistemic closure. Dialogue requires the cultivation and development of a dialogical self-identity that reflects the ability to co-construct shared meaning without the erasure or suppression of differences.

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