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establishing itself as an essential reference to the field. In this review of his book we
aim to discuss a few selected topics, building upon these with our own views. Initially,
we focus on the relevance and urgency of such book by summing up the most important
dialogical concepts presented by it. Following our initial argument, we move on to the
discussion of contrasts between monological and dialogical perspectives, the concepts of
extended mind and the interworld, suggesting Dialogism as an ontology, and finally,
reflecting upon the relation between intersubjectivity and alterity. We conclude our
review by stressing how Linell’s book contributes to the unification of an entanglement of
different dialogical theories and perspectives, crafting a solid meta-theory. This
integration paves the way for a deeper understanding of what constitutes the nature of
knowledge and human phenomena, as conceptualized by Dialogism.
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