From Mysticism to Dialogue: Martin Buber's Transformation of German Social Throught

by Paul Mendes-Flohr

Book Overview

Paul Mendes-Flohr illuminates Martin Buber's central themes in a wholly different light from that of the predominant line of interpretation. Consequently, Buber's work assumes even greater importance than previous analyses have assigned. Emerging from the narrowly conceptualized existentialist interpretations, he becomes an intellectually powerful figure, occupying a formidable position within the contemporary setting of German social theory. A publication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814320295
• ISBN13: 9780814320297
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.