John Benjamins Publishing Company
Dialogue and ethics in the library
Abstract
This essay frames the library as a site for dialogic and ethical engagement. As libraries have adapted to cultural and technological shifts, our understanding of the meaning and purpose of libraries also has changed. The role of the library sparks public deliberation, controversy, and at times even legal action. This essay considers the library’s recent commitment to electronic holdings and its implications for the transformative nature of libraries as a site for dialogic ethics. The essay turns to Ronald C. Arnett’s (1981) understanding of phenomenological dialogue, Gary P. Radford’s (1992) framing of the library as a discursive formation, and Umberto Eco’s (2013) library as labyrinth metaphor. Through these works, this essay highlights transformative possibilities for dialogic ethics in the library.
Abstract
This essay frames the library as a site for dialogic and ethical engagement. As libraries have adapted to cultural and technological shifts, our understanding of the meaning and purpose of libraries also has changed. The role of the library sparks public deliberation, controversy, and at times even legal action. This essay considers the library’s recent commitment to electronic holdings and its implications for the transformative nature of libraries as a site for dialogic ethics. The essay turns to Ronald C. Arnett’s (1981) understanding of phenomenological dialogue, Gary P. Radford’s (1992) framing of the library as a discursive formation, and Umberto Eco’s (2013) library as labyrinth metaphor. Through these works, this essay highlights transformative possibilities for dialogic ethics in the library.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction ix
- Ethics in dialogue 1
- Impassible peace 25
- Proposal for a typology of listening markers and listening request markers 45
- The ethics of intercultural dialogue 77
- Differing versions of dialogic aptitude 127
- An interlocutory logic approach of a case of professional ethics 149
- Dialogue and ethics in the library 179
- Agents of awakening 199
- The rhetoric of discourse 215
- Fragments, limbs, and dreadful accidents 245
- Dialogic ethics 265
- Index 283
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction ix
- Ethics in dialogue 1
- Impassible peace 25
- Proposal for a typology of listening markers and listening request markers 45
- The ethics of intercultural dialogue 77
- Differing versions of dialogic aptitude 127
- An interlocutory logic approach of a case of professional ethics 149
- Dialogue and ethics in the library 179
- Agents of awakening 199
- The rhetoric of discourse 215
- Fragments, limbs, and dreadful accidents 245
- Dialogic ethics 265
- Index 283
