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I And Thou

内容简介

MartinBuber'sIandThouhaslongbeenacclaimedasaclassic.Manyprominentwritershaveacknowledgeditsinfluenceontheirwork;studentsofintellectualhistoryconsideritalandmark;andthegenerationbornsinceWorldWarIIconsidersBuberasoneofitsprophets.TheneedforanewEnglishtranslationhasbeenfeltformanyyears.Theoldversionwasmarredbymanyinaccuraciesandmisunderstandings,anditsrecurrentuseofthearchaic"thou"wasseriouslymisleading.NowProfessorWalterKaufmann,adistinguishedwriterandphilosopherinhisownrightwhowasclosetoBuber,hasretranslatedtheworkattherequestofBuber'sfamily.Hehasaddedawealthofinformativefootnotestoclarifyobscuritiesandbringthereaderclosertotheoriginal,andhehaswrittenalong"Prologue"thatopensupnewperspectivesonthebookandonBuber'sthought.ThisvolumeshouldprovideanewbasisforallfuturediscussionsofBuber.

作者简介

WalterKaufmannisProfessorofPhilosophyatPrincetonUniversity.BorninGermanyin1921,hegraduatedfromWilliamsCollegein1941,andreturnedtoEuropewithU.S.MilitaryIntelligenceduringWorldWarII.In1947hereceivedhisPh.D.fromHarvardandjoinedthePrincetonfaculty.HehasheldvisitingprofessorshipsatmanyAmericanuniversities,andFulbrightprofessorshipsatHeidelbergandatTheHebrewUniversityinJerusalem.HisbooksincludeNietzsche,CritiqueofReligionandPhilosophy,FromShakespearetoExistentialism,TheFaithofaHeretic,CainandOtherPoems,Hegel,andTragedyandPhilosophy.Severalofthesebookshavebeentranslatedintovariousforeignlanguages.Kaufmann'sowntranslationsoftenofNietzsche'sworks,ofLeoBaeck'sJudaismandChristianity,andofTwentyGermanPoetshavewonwiderecognition.OfhisversetranslationofGoethe'sFaust,StephenSpendersaidinTheNewYorkTimesBookReview:"ThebesttranslationofFaustthatIhaveread."AndtheVirginiaQuarterlyReviewsaid:"ThereislittlequestionthatthisisthetranslationofGoethe'sFaust,bothinpoeticbeautyandincomprehensionoftheoriginal."

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