Martin Buber's "I and Thou"

An invaluable guide to the great philosopher's classic work on building genuine dialogue--among ourselves and with God. Martin Buber's classic philosophy of dialogue, I and Thou, is at the core of Kenneth Paul Kramer's scholarly and impressive Martin Buber's I and Thou. In three main parts, paralleling the three of I and Thou, and focusing upon Buber's key concepts--"nature, " "spirit becoming forms, " "true community, " the "real I, " the "eternal Thou, " "turning, "--and the two fundamental dialogues--the "I-Thou" and the "I-It"--the book clarifies, puts into practice and vigorously affirms the moral validity of Buber's philosophy, with its extension to love, marriage, the family, the community, and God, in the conviction that "genuine dialogue" will effect better relations with one another, the world and God. Well-researched, and replete with a glossary of Buberian terms, practice exercises for true dialoguing, and discussion questions, this book emerges as an invaluable guide to I and Thou.