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Article: Martin Buber: The Hidden Dialogue.(Review) (book review)
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- March 22, 2001
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Martin Buber: The Hidden Dialogue, by Dan Avnon. Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. 277 PP. $63.00.
As a philosopher of dialogue, a representative Jew addressing public figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, and a political figure active in Zionism and in opposing Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion in his demand for ethical action toward Palestinians, Martin Buber (1878-1965) has fascinated thoughtful Jews and non-Jews alike. Several eminent scholars such as Maurice Friedman, Malcolm Diamond, and Paul Mendes-Flohr have offered biographical and insightful studies of his life and thought. The distinct contribution of Dan Avnon's Martin Buber: The ...