Dialogical Philosophy from Kierkegaard to Buber

Shmuel Hugo Bergman was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Arnold A. Gerstein is Professor of Humanities and Human Communication in the Department of General Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

• Foreword Preface Part One. Soren Kierkegaard 1. The Development of Philosophy Descartes, Liebnitz, KantFichte and HegelKierkegaard and HegelRomanticism and the Cult of GeniusKierkegaard's Life 2. The Concept of Irony in Kierkegaard's Thought The Trial of SocratesThe Ironist and the ProphetSocrates According to AristophanesThe Character of the IronistIrony and RomanticismThe Religious StageIronist as TeacherObjective vs. Existential Truth 3. Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Writings Either/orA Christian in an Aesthetic AgeBoredomThree Representatives of the Aesthetic LifeThe Eternal and Temporal ManIn Praise of MarriageMarriage—The Transition from Aesthetics to EthicsThe Choice of DespairMan's Duty to Be HimselfThe Relation between the Moral and the ReligiousThe Rejection of MysticismEuphoric Non-VindicationFear and TremblingThe Sacrifice of IsaacResignation and RepetitionMorality and the Sacrifice of IsaacThe Absolute Duty to GodIncidents of Moral Suspension in the BibleRepetitionThe Book of Job—the True Book of RepetitionThe 'Individual' in Hegel and KierkegaardThe Individual as a Religious CategoryPhilosophy and FaithThe Intrusion of Eternity into TimeLearning is RememberingLearning and RevelationRevelation and LoveParadox and FaithThe Risk of FaithPostscriptObjective Christianity as IdolatryThe Invisible ChurchThe 'Leap' to FaithThe Difficulty of SubjectivityExistential TensionExistential Pathos and SufferingSuffering and HumorSuffering and the Consciousness of Guilt Part Two. Transition 4. Transitional Thinkers from Feuerbach to Rosenstock Feuerbach and StirnerFirst Principle in the System of Hermann CohenFrom Idealism to DialogueFerdinand Ebner: Reciprocity and SpiritualitySelf-Isolation—A Betrayal of GodEugen RosenstockThought and SpeechThree Levels of LanguageThe Error of Psychology Part Three. Franz Rosenzweig 5. Franz Rosenzweig: An Overview Metaethics, Metalogic, and MetaphysicsUnity and Triad: A Starting PointSick and Healthy ReasonThree Stages in the Cure of 'Paralysis'God and His NameCritical Remarks 6. The Star of Redemption Being and Fortitude in GodLaw and Particularity in the WorldCharacter and Will in ManThe Protocosmos and the Revealed WorldPhilosophy and TheologyRevelation or the World in TimeLove of God and Love of NeighborThe Law of the Reversibility of Arch-WordsThe Evolution of RedemptionJudaism and Christianity Part Four. The Dialogical Philosophy of Martin Buber 7. The Origin of I-Thou: The Mystical Period The Imbalance of Realization and OrientationPolarity and UnityI and ThouThe World of I and the World of ItLife with NatureLife with ManLife with the SpiritualMan's WorldMan and God—The Eternal Thou Notes Index

Some of the issues covered in the book include the origins of philosophy; objective versus existential truth; irony, truth, and faith; ethics versus aesthetics; ethics versus religion; thought and language; love of God and neighbor; I-Thou and I-It in Nature, with people, and with God; and redemption in the world.