1. Introduction 2. Dialogical Frameworks A.Buber's Dialogic Principle B.Dialogue Schools and Difference 3. Dialogic Scholarship: A Communicative Perspective A.Key Dialogic Essays: Heuristic Implications B.Books C.Disciplinary Articles D.Temporal Assessment: An Ongoing Conversation 4. Conclusion 5. Dialogic Engagement as a "Enlarged Communicative Mentality"