Florence Sandler

Turning to the Other

Philosophy

“Too often Buber is presented simply as the man who held his transcendental relationship with God with unerring consistency. But to follow Johnson’s Buber is to see the attractiveness of the man who was generous in embracing human relationships and readily explored their range and complexity. This book makes clear that Buber’s engagement with ideas across the globe and his development of the ‘philosophy of dialogue’ were inseparable from his personal relations as a colleague, fervent husband, and bereaved friend.”