This issue takes up the notion of dialogue and self in multiple ways, particularly with reference to the contemporary conception of the dialogical self. In their diffusion and strength, the conceptual work in these papers, which represent a second generation of self scholarship, demonstrates that the interplay of “self” and “dialogue” is proving to be fruitful in its utility and striking in its originality. At stake is just what is meant by dialogue and dialogicality as well as its converse, that dimension of the self that is unspeakable and unvoiced. This introduction raises a number of key questions and presents the overall framework for the special issue.
Adams, M. ( 2010). Losing one’s voice: Dialogical psychology and the unspeakable. Theory & Psychology, 20, 342-361.
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Burkitt, I. ( 2010a). Dialogues with self and others: Communication, miscommunication, and the dialogical unconscious. Theory & Psychology, 20, 305-321.
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Burkitt, I. ( 2010b). Fragments of unconscious experience: Towards a dialogical, relational, and sociological analysis. Theory & Psychology , 20, 322-341.
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Dimaggio, G., Hermans, H.J.M., & Lysaker, P.H. ( 2010). Health and adaptation in a multiple self: The role of absence of dialogue and poor metacognition in clinical populations. Theory & Psychology, 20, 379-399.
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Ellis, B.D., & Stam, H.J. ( 2010). Addressing the other in dialogue: Ricoeur and the ethical dimensions of the dialogical self. Theory & Psychology , 20, 420-435.
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Hermans, H.J.M. ( 2002). The dialogical self as a society of mind: Introduction . Theory & Psychology, 12, 147-160.
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Hermans, H.J.M., & Hermans-Konopka, A. (2010). Dialogical self theory: Positioning and counter-positioning in a globalizing society. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Hermans, H.J.M., & Kempen, H.J.G. (1993). The dialogical self: Meaning as movement. London, UK: Academic Press.
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Märtsin, M. ( 2010). Identity in dialogue: Identity as hyper-generalized personal sense. Theory & Psychology, 20, 436-450.
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Raggatt, P.T.F. ( 2010). The dialogical self and Thirdness: A semiotic approach to positioning using dialogical triads. Theory & Psychology , 20, 400-419.
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Sorabji, R. ( 2006). Self: Ancient and modern insights about individuality, life and death. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Sullivan, P. ( 2010). Vygotskian dialectics and Bakhtinian dialogics: Consciousness between the authoritative and the carnivalesque. Theory & Psychology, 20, 362-378.
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Valsiner, J., & van der Veer, R. (2000). The social mind. Construction of the idea. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
