Martin Buber's Journey to Presence: (Abrahamic Dialogues)
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Phil Huston (Author)
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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? 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.
About the Author
Phil Huston has been a Lecturer in Philosophy at The Milltown Institute for the last ten years. She obtained her doctorate at University College, Dublin.
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- Contributor: Phil Huston
- Imprint: Fordham University Press
- ISBN13: 9780823227396
- Number of Pages: 288
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Fordham University Press
- Release Date: 2007-07-15
- Series: Abrahamic Dialogues
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Phil Huston has been a Lecturer in Philosophy at The Milltown Institute for the last ten years. She obtained her doctorate at University College, Dublin.
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