I have read Foucault & Social Dialogue: Beyond Fragmentation five times through; it has changed my understanding of conflict, human difference, and creativity. Throughout much of my life, I sought to save the world from itself, resolve disputes as I saw fit, and advocate on behalf of others. Falzon writes:
In being open to the other, in acknowledging that there are different perspectives and ways of action to ours, we implicitly acknowledge that ours is not the only way of proceeding, but only one particular way. We acknowledge, in short, that our existing way of life is finite and hence that it could be different.