Authors: Kenneth Paul Kramer, Mechthild Gawlick
ISBN-13: 9780809141586, ISBN-10: 0809141582
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Paulist Press
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Martin Buber's classic philosophy of dialogue, I and Thou, is at the core of Kenneth Paul Kramer's scholarly and impressive guide. The three main parts of Kramer's work parallel the three key sections of I and Thou while focusing on Buber's concepts of nature, turning, spirit-becoming-forms, true community, the real I, and the eternal Thou. Kramer also illuminates Buber's two fundamental dialogues: the I-Thou and the I-It. Kramer clarifies, puts into practice, and vigorously affirms the moral validity of Buber's philosophy -- with its extension to love, marriage, the family, the community, and God -- in the conviction that "genuine dialogue" will produce better relations with one another, the world, and God.
Foreword | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Martin Buber: Chronology | ||
Introduction: Genuine Dialogue | 1 | |
Pt. I | The Generating Grid | |
1 | The Twofold World | 15 |
2 | Three Relational Realms | 42 |
Pt. II | Genuine Relationships | |
3 | What Is "Genuine Community"? | 73 |
4 | Who Is the "Real I"? | 96 |
Pt. III | Hallowing the Everyday | |
5 | Glimpsing the "Eternal Thou" | 127 |
6 | The Way of "Turning" | 156 |
Postscript: Frequently Asked Questions | ||
7 | The Way of "Inclusion" | 181 |
Glossary of Buber's Key Terms | 202 | |
Bibliography of Cited Works | 206 | |
Index | 213 |