Publication Date
1993
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Advanced Composition
Abstract
When thinkers encounter a contradiction they have traditionally tended to take one of three courses: to try to figure out which side is right; to figure out which side should be seen as hierarchially dominant; or to figure out or how to use a dialectic process synthesize them into a higher concept. In this essay I argue for the value of trying to learn to affirm both sides in all their contrariness.
ISSN
0731-6755
Pages
51-78
Volume
13
Issue
1
Recommended Citation
Elbow, Peter, "The Uses of Binary Thinking" (1993). Journal of Advanced Composition. 14.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/eng_faculty_pubs/14
COinS