Martin Buber : the life of dialogue

Reprinted by arrangement with The University of Chicago Press, which published the original edition in 1955. First Harper Torchbook edition published 1960.

Preface. Part 1 - Introduction. 1 The narrow ridge. 2 The problem of evil. 3 Hasidism. Part 2 - Buber's early thought. 4 Mysticism. 5 Philosophy of Judaism. 6 Philosophy of realization. 7 Dialectic of religion and culture. 8 Community and religious socialism. 9 Threshold of dialogue. Part 3 - Dialogue. 10 All real living is meeting. 11 The world of It. 12 The eternal Thou. 13 What is man?. 14 The life of dialogue. Part 4 - The nature and redemption of evil. 15 The nature of evil. 16 The eclipse of God. 17 The redemption of evil. 18 For the sake of heaven. Part 5 - Between man and man. 19 Buber's theory of knowledge. 20 Education. 21 Psychotherapy. 22 Ethics. 23 Social philosophy. Part 6 - Between man and God. 24 Symbol, myth, and history. 25 The faith of the Bible. 26 Buber and Judaism. 27 Buber and Christianity. Conclusion

'This book is the product of a dialogue, a dialogue first with the works of Martin Buber and later with Martin Buber himself. The influence of Buber's thought has steadily spread throughout the last fifty years until today Buber is recognized throughout the world as occupying a position in the foremost ranks of contemporary philosophers, theologians, and scholars.' --Preface

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