On Dialogue

by David Bohm

Overview

David Bohm is considered one of the best physicists of all time. He also had a deep interest in human communication and creativity. Influential in both management and communication theory in what is known 'Bohm Dialogue', On Dialogue is both inspiring and pioneering. Bohm considers the origin and very meaning of dialogue, reflecting on what gets in the way of "true dialogue". He argues that dialogue, as a radical form of exploration that allows different views to be presented, leads us beyond the impasse of conflict and argument to the forming of new views.

With a new foreword by Dean Rickles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415854702
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/02/2013
Series:	Routledge Great Minds
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	1070L (what's this?)

About the Author

David Bohm (1917-92). Renowned physicist and theorist who was one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Routledge Great Minds Edition 1. On Communication 2. On Dialogue 3. The Nature of Collective Thought 4. The Problem and the Paradox 5. The Observer and the Observed 6. Suspension, the Body, and Proprioception 7. Participatory Thought and the Unlimited Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"Finally, although not a book about education per se, the summer of 2017 is a fine time to read David Bohm’s 'On Dialogue' (1996). Bohm, a theoretical physicist, wrote this short, striking text in response to a ‘general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale’. The book is a brilliantly penetrating analysis of the way that people habitually talk at cross purposes, blocking and distorting the meaning of what others are trying to say. ‘Assumptions or opinions are like computer programs in people’s minds’, he writes. ‘Those programs take over against the best of intentions - they produce their own intentions.’ Bohm’s reflections on how to ‘listen to the whole of what is said’ and how to ‘create something new’ in dialogue with others remain highly resonant." -Matt Lloyd-Rose, social researcher, NGO leader and writer.

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