Beyond Dispute : Rediscovering the Jewish art of constructive disagreement

Fiercely divisive times call for radically different arguments. In our age of seemingly irreconcilable differences, argument is increasingly seen as a plague to be avoided or a contest to be won.Daniel Taub, an experienced peace negotiator and diplomat, argues that ancient Jewish wisdom offers a third way.Drawing from this tradition, and from his own experience at the heart of some of the world's toughest negotiations, in Beyond Dispute he makes the case for a radically different approach to help us come closer to truth and to each other. This approach sees argument not as a combat zone but as a joint enterprise, and its disputants not as jealous custodians of competing truths, but collaborative explorers. It seeks to create safe spaces not by outlawing controversial opinions but by welcoming them, and it offers a set of practical tools to rethink our own preconceptions.In fractious times it charts a way to build communities and societies that are resilient enough to face new and chall