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This book explores dialogue as a transformative form of philosophical practice by unveiling the method behind the unique dialogue developed by mystic and thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986). While Krishnamurti himself generally rejected the cultivation of systems and techniques, Shai Tubali argues that there are easily identifiable patterns through which Krishnamurti strove to realize his dialogical aims. For this reason, he refers to this method, whose existence has evaded Krishnamurti's followers and scholars alike, as the Krishnamurti dialogue. He suggests that these discursive patterns serve to broaden our understanding of the possibilities of philosophical and religious dialogues and further illuminate established forms of dynamic discourse, such as the Socratic method. Inspired by Pierre Hadot's revolutionary reading of the classical Greco-Roman texts, the author centers his attention on Plato's Socratic dialogues and the guru–disciple conversations in the Hindu Upanishads, which fall within the scope of what may be termed 'the transformative dialogue': dialogues that have been written with the intention of bringing about a transformation in the mind of the interlocutor an

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Author

Shai Tubali

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9783031400735

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Humanities