Martin Buber's Journey to Presence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823227396)

What does Martin Buber mean, in I and Thou, by the claim that the one thing that matters is full acceptance of presence? An attempt to answer this question led the author on a journey of exploration through Buber's early writings, to reach a clarification of Buber's predialogical concept of God. She examines Buber's first major philosophical work: Daniel: Dialogues in Realization, drawing attention to inaccuracies in the available English translation. Buber's desire for presence, she finds, began with an overwhelming experience of absence. His search is for a presence that will not let him down, that will not be a mis-encounter--that is, for a presence that will ensure that there is meaning.This book will be an invaluable text for the student looking for a readable 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.

Author: Phil Huston
ISBN-10: 0823227391
ISBN-13: 9780823227396
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2007
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.41w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1172