Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
The philosopher of I and Thou, his Zionism and his dissent from it, his opposition to partition, and the dialogical philosophy that outlasted all of it.
An intellectual biography of the philosopher of I and Thou, covering his Zionism and his dissent from it, his opposition to the partition of Palestine, his translation of the Hebrew Bible with Rosenzweig, and the dialogical philosophy that outlived all of it. Mendes-Flohr is unusually good on how much Buber disagreed with the movement he helped build.
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Tyler Cowen
A beautifully written, first-rate intellectual biography of Buber. It is hard to imagine finding a better book on him.
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