Ethics, history, politics and community in Martin Buber's myth of Zion

Martin Buber's ideal of Zion has been criticized, especially by Dan Avnon, as lacking political realism and as a 'mismeeting' of biblical, theological and political concerns. This article examines how Buber's view of ethics, history and politics helped him describe a 'living...

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Auteur principal: Breslauer, Daniel (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2018]
Dans: Journal of Jewish studies
Année: 2018, Volume: 69, Numéro: 1, Pages: 153-176
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religious communities
B ZION (Mormon Church)
B Buber, Martin, 1878-1965
B Jewish History
B Jewish ethics
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:Martin Buber's ideal of Zion has been criticized, especially by Dan Avnon, as lacking political realism and as a 'mismeeting' of biblical, theological and political concerns. This article examines how Buber's view of ethics, history and politics helped him describe a 'living centre' around which an organic and diverse community in which what has been called 'blended selves' could arise. Buber uses a biblical analysis similar to that of Spinoza, a historical approach that opposes historicism, and a politics of preparation rather than practical success to draw on a variety of Jewish sources to make a case that not only have Jewish communities in the past illustrated his ideal but that it is also possible in the current crisis dividing Israelis and Palestinians.
ISSN:2056-6689
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Jewish studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.18647/3355/jjs-2018