Levinas and Buber Dialogue and Difference |
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| Editor:
| Calarco, Matthew
Atterton, Peter
Friedman, Maurice |
| Contribution by:
| Calarco, Matthew
Atterton, Peter
Friedman, Maurice
Strasser, Stephan
Tallon, Andrew
Bernasconi, Robert
Gordon, Neve
Meir, Ephraim
Fagenflat, Michael
Wolski, Nathan
Gibbs, Robert
Wright, Tamra
Kelley, Andrew
Cohen, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8207-0351-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | Duquesne University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Emmanuel Levinas and Martin Buber -- considered by many the most important Jewish philosophers since the 12th century sage Maimonides -- knew each other as associates and friends. Yet although their dialogue was instructive at times, and demonstrated the esteem in which Levinas held Buber, in particular, their relationship just as often exhibited a failure to communicate. This volume of essays is intended to resume the important dialogue between the two. Thirteen essays by a wide range...
More DescriptionEmmanuel Levinas and Martin Buber -- considered by many the most important Jewish philosophers since the 12th century sage Maimonides -- knew each other as associates and friends. Yet although their dialogue was instructive at times, and demonstrated the esteem in which Levinas held Buber, in particular, their relationship just as often exhibited a failure to communicate. This volume of essays is intended to resume the important dialogue between the two. Thirteen essays by a wide range of scholars do not attempt to assimilate the two philosopher's respective views to each other. Rather, these discussions provide an occasion to examine their genuine differences -- difference that both Levinas and Buber agreed were required for genuine dialogue to begin.