In Dialogue with Martin Buber

Readings

Each session, the presenter(s) will recommend a short reading selection. To make the most of the seminar, we highly recommend taking the time to read.

Session 4: The Charismatic Leader and the Life of the Community

Buber, Kingship of God, pp. 136-162 (spec. 136-141)

Buber, I and Thou, 43-46

Session 3: A Stroll Through the Woods with Buber: Reflections on Environmental Ethics

Buber, Martin, and Walter Kaufmann. I and Thou. New York: Scribner, 1970. Pp. 57-60, 172-177.

An autobiographical passage from Buber with the horse in Between Man and Man. (extract from 1965. NY: MacMillan).

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ““Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity.” Remarks at a workshop on the moral dimension of climate change, Vatican City, 28 APRIL 2015. https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16710.doc.htm.

Smiling at the Sun, a poem by Essi Ikonen inspired by Martin Buber’s I and Thou

Session 2: Dialogue In and “After” the Covid-19 Pandemic

“Dialogue In and ‘After’ the Covid Pandemic,” An unpublished excerpt from P. Mendes-Flohr’s Introduction to the Centennial edition of I and Thou.

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  • Session 7: The Medical Community’s Responses to the Pandemic

  • Session 9: Philosophical Reflections on this Pandemic

  • Final Session: Quo Vadis?

Wolpe, David. “What Would Martin Buber Think of Zoom?” Los Angeles Review of Books, July 20, 2020. https://lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/martin-buber-think-zoom/.

Session 1: Buber and Politics Today

“Buber, Dialogue and Politics,” An unpublished excerpt from P. Mendes-Flohr Introduction to the Centennial Edition of I and Thou.

Buber, Martin. A Believing Humanism: My Testament, 1902-1965. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.

Buber, Martin, and Walter Kaufmann. I and Thou. New York: Scribner, 1970. Pp. 92-122 (Pay particular attention to 117-119).