I and Thou

Me and You is one of the most famous and important writings of the religious philosopher Martin Buber ( 1878-1965 ). She appeared in 1923.

Significant thoughts

Buber's philosophical approach draws on Jewish mystical ( Hasidic ) and Christian mystic ( Meister Eckhart ) theology, as well as from existentialphilosophischen approaches (especially Soren Kierkegaard ). In I and Thou it represents the principle of dialogue out:

Thus, its identity of the man is primarily in relation to the those around him: It was the encounter with a human counterpart, the "you" ( I-Thou relationship), or with the objective world, the "it" ( I-It relationship ), enables a definition of the "I " of its environment.

The I-Thou relationship, however, is so far different from the I-It relationship, as only they have a real encounter, a true "conversation" allows. As a focal point of the religious-philosophical approach Buber, however, is the Beziehungshaftigkeit of man to the " eternal Thou " to see God:

However, this is not expected from a naive anthropomorphic image of God. Rather, it is " eternal Thou" to see the vanishing point as a necessary human Beziehungshaftigkeit, as a sort of culmination of all human relationality. From this perception out is the Divine - in addition to innumerable other attributes - the attribute of language ability, so that the man may well enter into a conversation with God. An indication of this can be an encounter with a human you can be:

With regard to his God or understanding of religion is Buber's approach, an inclusive pluralism based, because the many humanly conceived God's name are all merely an expression of an underlying " you eternal ":

Expenditure

  • Martin Buber: I and Thou. Publisher Lambert, 10th edition, 1979
  • Martin Buber: I and Thou. With an afterword by Bernhard Casper. Reclam, Stuttgart 2008 ( = Loeb Classical Library, Volume 9342 ).
  • In the anthology The dialogical principle ( 1973), along with three other, shorter writings: Communing The question posed to the individual and elements of the interpersonal, Gütersloh Publishing House, ISBN 3579025651
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