Martin Buber's Journey to Presence |
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Author:
| Huston, Phil |
Series title: | Abrahamic Dialogues Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8232-2739-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2007 |
Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $88.00 |
Book Description:
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What does Martin Buber mean, in I and Thou, by the claim that the one thing that matters is full acceptance of presence? In a journey of exploration through Buber's early writings, especially his first major philosophical work, Daniel: Dialogues in Realization, Huston seeks to clarify Buber's predialogical concept of God. Buber's desire for presence, she finds, began with an overwhelming experience of absence, a search for a presence that will not let him down, that will not be a...
More DescriptionWhat does Martin Buber mean, in I and Thou, by the claim that the one thing that matters is full acceptance of presence? In a journey of exploration through Buber's early writings, especially his first major philosophical work, Daniel: Dialogues in Realization, Huston seeks to clarify Buber's predialogical concept of God. Buber's desire for presence, she finds, began with an overwhelming experience of absence, a search for a presence that will not let him down, that will not be a "mis-encounter."
This book is an invaluable guide to Buber's early writings. It will help readers to understand the rich depth and many layers of thought in Buber's masterpiece, I and Thou, and to appreciate the radical change that took
place in Buber's concept of God prior to its publication in 1923.