RT Article
T1 Birth, Sehnsucht and Creation: Reading Buber between Plato and Kierkegaard
JF Religions
VO 14
IS 1
A1 Varman, Evyatar
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1829468146
AB Martin Buber conceives human potential through the trope of pregnancy and birth. His portrayal of this phenomenon in I and Thou comprises a natural connection between mother and child during pregnancy and the potential for future, spiritual connections, articulated as I–Thou relations, which the child may accordingly achieve with their surroundings. Analyzing this model reveals Buber’s literary-philosophical engagement with the works of Plato and Søren Kierkegaard, and illuminates his perspective on human abilities and limits. Moreover, the context of Plato and Kierkegaard elucidates the way Buber connects an inborn human yearning (Sehnsucht) for I–Thou relations to participation in the divine creation of the world. This connection between Sehnsucht and creation, between I–It and I–Thou relations, diminishes the gap between human and God, emphasizing the significant role divine creation plays in the I–It reality.
K1 Faith
K1 Revelation
K1 Learning
K1 Creation
K1 Søren Kierkegaard
K1 Paradox
K1 Plato
K1 I–It potential
K1 I and Thou
K1 Martin Buber
DO 10.3390/rel14010016