Martin Buber (1878-1965) was a prolific author, scholar, literary translator, and political activist whose writings--mostly in German and Hebrew--ranged from Jewish mysticism to social philosophy, biblical studies, religious phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, education, politics, and art. Upon his emigration from Nazi Germany to Palestine in 1938, he assumed a professorship in social philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Until his death in Jerusalem, he was an unflagging advocate on Arab-Jewish fraternity and rapprochement. Buber was recurrently nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature and in Peace.
"In this time of social media and value conflicts of every kind,
the hundredth anniversary of I and Thou comes at an opportune
moment, laying out once again Buber's heartfelt vision of the
dialogical life. In lapidary prose, Buber eloquently exposes the
deadening effect of self-referential attitudes on all our relations
-- with other people, with nature and even with God himself. This
book is deeply spiritual and at the same time personal as it
lucidly distinguishes the mere experience of "I-It" relations from
the profoundly different and dynamic presence of the "I-Thou"
encounter. It is utterly timely in its insistent call for openness
and genuine meeting, which is precisely
what's missing in our contemporary lives and in our politics at
every level." --JERRY BROWN, former 34th and 39th governor of
California
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