The One Gave Birth to the Two: Revisiting Martin Buber's Encounters with Chinese Religion
This article casts a contemporary scholarly eye on the Jewish icon Martin Buber’s lifelong engagements with Chinese religious thought, which were surprisingly extensive, but have remained relatively obscure in both Sinological and Buberian intellectual circles. I argue here that Buber's Chinese...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2017]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 381-415 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buber, Martin 1878-1965
/ China
/ Religion
/ Philosophy
/ Interreligiosity
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BH Judaism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
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Summary: | This article casts a contemporary scholarly eye on the Jewish icon Martin Buber’s lifelong engagements with Chinese religious thought, which were surprisingly extensive, but have remained relatively obscure in both Sinological and Buberian intellectual circles. I argue here that Buber's Chinese studies can be divided into three distinct phases—romantic, dialogical, and Israeli—which each provide insight into Buber's broader intellectual narrative and demonstrate extended moments of Buber's cultural border-crossing. I also offer an implicit challenge to normative presentations of Chinese traditions. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfw061 |