MARTIN BUBER’S RESPONSE TO THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
MARTIN BUBER’S RESPONSE TO THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Author(s): Valeria ForteSubject(s): History
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: crisis; finance; spillover effects; culture; war; Martin Buber.
Summary/Abstract: The First World War saw an enthusiastic and active participation of many German Jews who perceived this historical event as a uique opportunity for complete social integration and political union with their German nation. One of the most famous voices in the German Jewish tradition of the First World War was that of Martin Buber, whose fervid rethinking of Judaism can be defined as the intellectual product of his historical and existential experience. The main focus of this study is an analysis of Buber’s response to Nietzsche’s nihilism in the form of a renewed religious conciousness which has gained great popularity among Buber’s readers.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Studia Europaea
- Issue Year: 54/2009
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 141-156
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
