The Dialogue of Scholarship

Abstract

Reflecting on Bill Foster’s influence on the author’s work leads to reflections about the lifelong dialogue among scholars whose thinking and writing is continually refreshed and deepened by a scholarly field of dialogue. Over time, a dialogue between two scholars illuminates earlier scholarly influences on each of them, leading to the enrichment and extension of each other’s thinking, and thus to their future dialogue with other scholars. From this perspective, Bill Foster’s influence continues in tacit and explicit nuances in the work of scholars around the world.