I and Thou - Second Edition Author:Martin Buber "Buber is the most widely read Jewish thinker of the century...best known for his philosophy of dialogue. It is not only one of the most important modern influences on Jewish thought, but it has also affected scores of Christian thinkers." --TIME — "A revelation...It is a book to be read through and pondered and then read again." --The Times Lite... more »rary Supplement
Martin Buber was born in Vienna in 1878, studied philosophy and art at the Universities of Vienna, Zurich, and Berlin. In his twenties, he was an active Zionist and worked closely with Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann. However, Buber is best known for his revival of Hasidism, a mystical movement that swept East European Jewry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Out of this interest evolved his dialogical, or "I-Thou," philosophy. Professor Buber taught philosophy from 1938 to 1951 at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he continues to live in retirement.« less