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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Buber held that he had not teaching but rather sought to carry on a conversation, inviting others to think along with him about the essential issues of our creaturely and social life. In this deftly edited volume, Sarah Scott brings together essays that engage in a conversation with Buber. As in any genuine conversation it is without closure, free of dogmatic reflexes, and hence illuminates the abiding relevance of that conversation."—Paul Mendes-Flohr, author of Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
"Martin Buber: Creaturely Life and Social Form is a valuable, fresh introduction to Buber's thought."—Steven G. Smith, Millsaps College
Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Martin Buber Renaissance, by Sarah Scott
Part I: Religious Dialogue
2. Martin Buber and Catholic-Atheist Dialogue, by Peter A. Huff
3. Reading Martin Buber's Bible: Translation and Commentary, by Claire E. Sufrin
Part II: Theopolitics
4. Is the Dialogue Between Heaven and Earth an I-Thou Relation?, by Samuel Hayim Brody
5. The Hasidic Zaddik as Theopolitical Leader, by Yemima Hadad
Part III: Zionism and Bi-Nationalism
6. Exile and Alienation in Martin Buber's Philosophical Anthropology, by William Plevan
7. Martin Buber, Metaphysics, and the Aesthetics of Bi-Nationalism, by Zachary J. Braiterman
Part IV: Philosophy
8. Chaos, Abgrund, and Wirbel: On Buber's Notion of Ambivalence, by Asaf Ziderman
9. The Eloquent Muteness of Creatures: Affect and Animals in Martin Buber's Dialogical Writings, by Dustin Atlas
10. Monologue Disguised as Dialogue: Almodóvar's Talk to Her and Buber on the "Lovers' Talk", by Sarah Scott
List of Contributors
Index
