On The Life & Philosophy of Martin Buber (1878-1965) With Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman (Syracuse Uni).

The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, & Jewish Philosophy.
For this video, I invited Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman who is a Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture at Syracuse University, in the Department of Religion; to discuss the life and philosophy of the Jewish Austrian philosopher, Martin Buber (1878-1965).
Dr. Braiterman helps navigates the viewer through the complex life and thought of Martin Buber; and focuses on why we should return to the organic and humanist thinking of Martin Buber.
We also discuss Buber's relationship to Kant, Nietzsche and Rozenzweig, along with a deep discussion on Buber's intimate connection with Judaism.
Our main discussion revolves around Buber's Magnum Opus "I and Thou," and Dr. Braiterman explains the main concepts of the text, and what Buber hoped to achieve with this work.
Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman is a professor and works in the field of modern Judaism. His research and teaching explores the shifting aesthetic canons as they shape Jewish thought and culture from the 17th century until the present. Dr. Braiterman's research and teaching interests touch upon the impact of enlightenment, modernity, modernism, and postmodernism upon Jewish ideas about God, ritual, text-interpretation, and community life --with special emphasis on Jewish philosophy, theoretical aesthetics, and classical Jewish sources.
For more content by Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman check out his personal blog at: jewishphilosop...
Dr. Zarchary Braiterman is the author of God After Auschwitz: Tradition and Change in Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought, and The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought. Dr. Braiterman. He is also the Editor for The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: the Modern Era.
(Book Chapters and Articles on Martin Buber)
"Martin Buber and the Art of Ritual” in Michael Zank (ed.), Martin Buber: New Perspectives/Neue Perspektiven, Mohr/Siebeck,2006
Martin Buber, Metaphysics, & Aesthetics of Bi-Nationalism
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"Martin Buber," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Michael Zank (co-author), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). plato.stanford...
(Links to Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman
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Fascinating! Buber's idea that in the genuine I-Thou relation, the Thou is no longer just a part of the larger world but "fills the entire picture" on its own unique terms is indeed different from Heidegger's openness to the "Lichtung", where beings emerging from the potentiality of the unnamable "Sein". But Buber seems akin to Rilke's poetic encounter with the sensuous presence of one particular thing in the actual world, even though Rilke also seems to assume an underlying (un-)ground akin to Heidegger's "Sein" .