DIE FORDERUNG DES GEISTES UND DIE GESCHICHTLICHE WIRKLICHKEIT : ANTRITTSVORLESUNG AN DER UNIVERSITÄT JERUSALEM
Leipzig: Schocken Verlag (Printed by Haag-Drugulin), 1938. Item #42597
1st edition. Original publisher’s boards. 4to. [27] pages, 29 cm. In German. A Holocaust-era publication, printed on deckled edge laid paper with large margins. Title translates as “The Spirit’s Demand and the Historical Reality: Inaugural Lecture at the University of Jerusalem.” Martin Buber (1878-1965) was an Austrian-born Israeli philosopher. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 10 times and the Nobel Peace Prize seven times. His philosophy of dialogue is almost as famous as his works on the Hebrew Bible, Jewish mysticism, and existentialism (Wikipedia). SUBJECTS: Sociology -- Philosophy. OCLC:82439582. OCLC lists only 2 copies in the Western Hemisphere (HUC, Penn). Author’s name neatly penned on spine, Very good condition. (GER-54-38-PFFIINNQQ).
Price: $400.00