The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue : A New Transcript With Commentary [Paperback]

Rob Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Suny Series, Speech Communication | Publication Date: August 14, 1997

The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue offers a corrected and extensively annotated version of this central text in human sciences. Focusing on the sole meeting between these two central figures in twentieth-century intellectual life, Anderson and Cissna return to the original 1957 audio tape and to a variety of other primary sources as they correct and clarify the historical record.

The authors highlight hundreds of errors, major and minor, in previously distributed and published transcripts--beginning with the typescript circulated by Rogers himself. They also show how an accurate text enhances our understanding of the relationship between Buber's philosophy and Rogers's client- and person-centered approach to interpersonal relations. Anderson and Cissna discuss the central issues of the conversation, including the limits of mutuality, approaches to "self," alternative models of human nature, confirmation of others, and the nature of dialogic relation itself. Although Buber and Rogers conversed nearly forty years ago, their topics clearly resonate with contemporary debates about postmodernism, forms of otherness, cultural studies, and the possibilities for a dialogic public sphere.

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About the Author

Rob Anderson is Professor in the Department of Communication at Saint Louis University. He has written or edited six books including The Reach of Dialogue: Confirmation, Voice, and Community with Kenneth N. Cissna and Ronald C. Arnett. Kenneth N. Cissna is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. He has also edited Applied Communication in the 21st Century, winner of the Speech Communication Association's 1995 "Outstanding Book in Applied Communication" award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press; annotated edition edition (August 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791434389
• ISBN-13: 978-0791434383
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #812,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible edition taken from a recording., March 19, 2008

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This review is from: The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue : A New Transcript With Commentary (Paperback)

When I read this book I was astonished by the form it is presented to the public. It confers the reader an authentic way of comparing the Dialogue. Two "grate thinkers" of the Self: one from the view point of therapy and Dr. Buber making emphasis on the implementation of "I and Thou" the "golden word" of existence. Remarcable dialogue. I do recomend it.