
The Heidegger-Buber Controversy
The Status of the I-Thou
Haim Gordon(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. May 2001
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-313-30917-5 (ISBN)
Description
The I-Thou controversy between these two thinkers is a significant but often overlooked issue in philosophy and theology. In one of the first books to truly address the subject, Haim Gordon explores the arguments of both Martin Heidegger and Martin Buber regarding the The I-Thou relationship and its significance for human existence. Gordon's work illuminates Heidegger's complex and enlightening ontology--one that describes the everyday life of the human in such a way that there is no place for the I-Thou relationship. Buber, on the other hand, argues for the significance of the I-Thou relationship within human existence, and highlights the ways in which Heidegger's philosophy fails to grasp this important point. After examining the fundamental ontology of Heidegger, set beside the ontological insights of Buber concerning this relationship, Gordon concludes that each of these important twentieth-century philosophers was guilty of ignoring the contributions made by the other to the study of ontology and being.
By exploring the complicated dynamic between Heidegger and Buber, Gordon presents the reader with valuable insights and a deeper understanding of human existence and relationships. The implications of both this controversy and its resolution are far reaching for many other philosophical disciplines, including social and political philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics.
By exploring the complicated dynamic between Heidegger and Buber, Gordon presents the reader with valuable insights and a deeper understanding of human existence and relationships. The implications of both this controversy and its resolution are far reaching for many other philosophical disciplines, including social and political philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30917-5 (9780313309175)
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HAIM GORDON is full professor in the Department of Education at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He has published widely in the fields of philosophy and education. Among his recent books are Dictionary of Existentialism (1999), Looking Back at the June 1967 War (1999), and Fighting Evil: Unsung Heroes in the Novels of Graham Greene (1997).
Content
Introduction Heidegger's Fundamental Ontology of Dasein Being and Time Dasein and the World Dasein's Being-In, Care, and Truth Dasein and Temporality Heidegger's Rejection of the I-Thou Phenomenology and Dasein Heidegger's First Critique of the I-Thou Heidegger's Study of Kant Metaphysics and Logic Buber's I-Thou I and Thou First Presentation of the I-Thou Living the I-Thou Beyond I and Thou The I-Thou and Dialogue Buber's Critique of Heidegger Conclusion and Some Implications Selected Bibliography Index