LEADER 03085nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910821213303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07040-1 010 $a9786612070402 010 $a0-226-84273-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226842738 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747392 035 $a(EBL)432307 035 $a(OCoLC)371102625 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099609 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11128233 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099609 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10019842 035 $a(PQKB)11754961 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122952 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432307 035 $a(DE-B1597)524419 035 $a(OCoLC)1135567581 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226842738 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432307 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10290027 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207040 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747392 100 $a20071220d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAesthetics of renewal $eMartin Buber's early representation of Hasidism as kulturkritik /$fMartina Urban 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-84270-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Buber's Hermeneutic Horizon -- $t2. The Anthology and the Jewish Renaissance -- $t3. Zionist Anthologies -- $t4. In Search of Collaborators -- $t5. The Galician Circle of Elusive Collaborators -- $t6. Ahad Ha'am's Theory of Culture Revised -- $t7. Sprachkritik: The Crisis of Perception -- $t8. Jewish Culture: Between Mystical Aesthetics and Lebensphilosophie -- $t9. A Phenomenology of Hasidic Mysticism -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix: Buber's Sources for Die Legende des Baalschem -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMartin Buber's embrace of Hasidism at the start of the twentieth century was instrumental to the revival of this popular form of Jewish mysticism. Hoping to instigate a Jewish cultural and spiritual renaissance, he published a series of anthologies of Hasidic teachings written in German to introduce the tradition to a wide audience. In Aesthetics of Renewal, Martina Urban closely analyzes Buber's writings and sources to explore his interpretation of Hasidic spirituality as a form of cultural criticism. For Buber, Hasidic legends and teachings were n 606 $aHasidism 606 $aSpiritual life$xJudaism 606 $aAnthologies 606 $aZionism 615 0$aHasidism. 615 0$aSpiritual life$xJudaism. 615 0$aAnthologies. 615 0$aZionism. 676 $a296.8/332 700 $aUrban$b Martina$01627656 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821213303321 996 $aAesthetics of renewal$93964350 997 $aUNINA