As the editor states, ‘This book features essays that explore dialogue in three principal contexts: as a means of addressing conflict and attempting to advance more peaceful agreement; as an element of personal growth, including internal preparations for participation in meaningful interactions with others; and as an essential form of teaching, seeking more successful learning and, to some extent at least, trying to advance understanding and reduce hostility’ (p. 2). The consistent message of hope and action in this book is heartwarming. There is a necessity for similar and more in-depth studies, including on less widely known perspectives, that can allow for a substantive engagement with notions of interdependence, creative modes of thinking to re-engage human beings in personal and social transformation, and critical understandings of issues of social justice to help develop the framework in which dialogue can successfully work for peacebuilding.

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多样性和复杂性

正如编辑所说，“这本书的特色是在三个主要背景下探讨对话：作为解决冲突的一种手段，并试图推进更和平的协议；作为个人成长的一个要素，包括参与与他人有意义的互动的内部准备；并且作为一种基本的教学形式，寻求更成功的学习，至少在某种程度上，试图促进理解并减少敌意”（第 2 页）。本书中始终如一的希望和行动信息令人心旷神怡。有必要进行类似和更深入的研究，包括不太广为人知的观点，这可以允许对相互依存的概念、创造性思维模式进行实质性参与，以重新让人类参与个人和社会转型，