Aesthetics of renewal : Martin Buber's early representation of Hasidism as kulturkritik / Martina Urban.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Martina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buber, Martin, 1878-1965.

Buber, Martin.

Hasidism.

Spiritual life--Judaism.

Spiritual life.

Anthologies.

Zionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Martin Buber's embrace of Hasidism at the start of the twentieth century was instrumental to the revival of this popular form of Jewish mysticism. Hoping to instigate a Jewish cultural and spiritual renaissance, he published a series of anthologies of Hasidic teachings written in German to introduce the tradition to a wide audience. In Aesthetics of Renewal, Martina Urban closely analyzes Buber's writings and sources to explore his interpretation of Hasidic spirituality as a form of cultural criticism. For Buber, Hasidic legends and teachings were n

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Buber's Hermeneutic Horizon

2. The Anthology and the Jewish Renaissance

3. Zionist Anthologies

4. In Search of Collaborators

5. The Galician Circle of Elusive Collaborators

6. Ahad Ha'am's Theory of Culture Revised

7. Sprachkritik: The Crisis of Perception

8. Jewish Culture: Between Mystical Aesthetics and Lebensphilosophie

9. A Phenomenology of Hasidic Mysticism

Conclusion

Appendix: Buber's Sources for Die Legende des Baalschem

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

ISBN:

9786612070402

9781282070400

1282070401

9780226842738

0226842738

OCLC:

371102625