Martin Buber’s Theopolitics
By: Samuel Hayim Brody
Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Bloomington, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780253030030
Copyright date: 2018
Description: How did one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of the 20th century grapple with the founding of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—one of the most significant political conflicts of his time? Samuel Hayim Brody traces the development of Martin Buber's thinking and its implications for the Jewish religion, for the problems posed by Zionism, and for the Zionist-Arab conflict. Beginning in turbulent Weimar Germany, Brody shows how Buber's debates about Biblical meanings had concrete political consequences for anarchists, socialists, Zionists, Nazis, British, and Palestinians alike. Brody further reveals how Buber's passionate commitment to the rule of God absent an intermediary came into conflict in the face of a Zionist movement in danger of repeating ancient mistakes. Brody argues that Buber's support for Israel stemmed from a radically rich and complex understanding of the nature of the Jewish mission on earth that arose from an anarchist reading of the Bible.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; title: Note on Translation/Transliteration
pagenum: xv; title: List of Abbreviations
pagenum: xvii; title: Introduction: What is Theopolitics?
pagenum: 1; label: I.
title: From Anarchism to Anarcho-Theocracy: The Birth of Theopolitics
pagenum: 17; label: 1
title: The True Front: Buber and Landauer on Anarchism and Revolution
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: The Serpent: Theopolitics from Weimar to Nazi Germany
pagenum: 61; label: 3
title: God against Messiah: The Kingship of God and the Ancient Israelite Anarcho-Theocracy
pagenum: 81; label: II.
title: The Anointed and the Prophet: Theopolitics in Israel from Exodus to Exile
pagenum: 123; label: 4
title: Between Pharaohs and Nomads: Moses
pagenum: 125; label: 5
title: The Arcanum of the Monarchy: The Anointed
pagenum: 151; label: 6
title: The Battle for YHVH: The Prophetic Faith
pagenum: 175; label: III.
title: Theopolitics and Zion
pagenum: 211; label: 7
title: Palestinian Rain: Zionism as Applied Theopolitics
pagenum: 213; label: 8
title: This Pathless Hour: Theopolitics in the Present
pagenum: 250; title: Conclusion: The Narrow Ridge, the Razor’s Edge
pagenum: 292; title: Appendix: Martin Buber to Hans Kohn, October 4, 1939
pagenum: 299; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 303; title: Index
pagenum: 307