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Dialogue is about forgoing control and possession when interacting with the Other. In comparison, the notion of
instrumentality appears contrary to the very notion of dialogue. This paper suggests, however, that mutual instrumentalization is
necessary for dialogue to be a space where participants express solicitude for each other and promote each other’s voice, action,
and existence. Building on the work of French philosopher Étienne Souriau, we argue that promoting another’s existence
requires taking their actions and speech into our own. This enables them to also exist through us as we allow them to instrumentalize us. Such a view better accounts for what goes on in tangible dialogue situations, as we show by revisiting an empirical
case. Our proposal extends current research on the conditions of productive dialogue, invites being careful about who or what
populates the dialogical scene, and turns our attention to what they may need to pursue their existence.
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