Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue

By Maurice S. Friedman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415284759
• ISBN13: 9780415284752
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

The loving work of a foremost pupil

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.