Polyphony
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CORE DEFINITION
In novels (such as those of Dostoevsky), there is no overarching "author's voice," but rather multiple independent, equally valued consciousnesses and voices that converse and clash.
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- Pluralistic management: A good team should be polyphonic. The leader is not the sole monologist but a conductor, allowing different voices (technical, market, operations) to coexist in opposition and produce harmony.
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Polyphony, proposed by Bakhtin, refers to the coexistence of multiple independent and equal voices in a text, none of which subsumes the others, forming a dialogic rather than a single authoritative narrative. The mechanism is to let different consciousnesses collide, each following its own course.
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