generic thought processes of humanity incline toward perceiving the world in a fragmentary way, "breaking things up which are not really separate." Such perception, says Bohm, necessarily results in a world of nations, economies, religions, value systems, and "selves" that are fundamentally at odds with one another, despite topically successful attempts to impose social order. One primary intent of Bohm's dialogue, then, is to shed light on the activity of this fragmentation—not only as theoretical analysis, but also as a concrete, experiential process.
