Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue [Paperback]

Maurice S. Friedman (Author)

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Publication Date: November 10, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0415284759 | ISBN-13: 978-0415284752 | Edition: 4

Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue, the first study in any language to provide a complete overview of Buber's thought, remains the definitive guide to the full range of his work and the starting point for all modern Buber scholarship. Maurice S. Friedman reveals the implications of Buber's thought for theory of knowledge, education, philosophy, myth, history and Judaic and Christian belief.
This fully revised and expanded fourth edition includes a new preface by the author, an expanded bibliography incorporating new Buber scholarship, and two new appendices in the form of essays on Buber's influence on Emmanuel Levinas and Mikhail Bakhtin.

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'At once the best introduction to Buber's thinking and the best survey of his philosophy available in our language.' - The Christian Century

'I only met Buber once, but I felt then that I was in the presence of greatness' - T. S. Eliot

About the Author

Maurice S. Friedman, a close associate of Buber and the world's foremost authority on his work, has written three critical studies of Buber's thought and introduced and translated many more of his works. He is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, and is co-director of the Institute for Dialogic Therapy. He is also author of Martin Buber's Life and Work (three volumes) and Encounter on the Narrow Ridge: A Life of Martin Buber.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 4 edition (November 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415284759
• ISBN-13: 978-0415284752
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #992,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Friedman's biography--the creme de la creme, February 26, 2011

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This review is from: Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue (Hardcover)

Friedman's Biography - the creme de la creme
There is no superior biography of Buber to Maurice Friedman's. I had the first edition and have been reading it since its first printing. Friedman and Buber were close associates and Friedman devoted a good deal of his professional life to Buber's works. He has the inside track. I have several other Buber books which I have lost and replaced over fifty years but always I greet this biobraphy as an old friend.
In this volume Friedman sets the scene with a discussion of "the narrow ridge," Buber's ultimate position and goes right to The Problme of Evil in Chapter 2, followed by a clear and thorough discussion of Hasidism, the spiritual foundation for his continuing work. The preface to the Fourth Edition offers some new insights, particularly into translation.
If I could only have one book on Buber, I would choose this book, and yet it alwways draws me to investigate the finer points of Buber's thought by acquiring more books. Dortje

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The loving work of a foremost pupil, November 10, 2004

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This review is from: Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue (Paperback)

Maurice S. Friedman was one of Buber's closest pupils, and one devoted his life to expounding the thought of Buber. This work tells of Buber's life and work and gives a good idea of his fundamental outlook.