Martin Buber, Lecture 2: Life in the World of It

A video about Part 2 of Martin Buber's I and Thou, which is mostly about noticing how our modern, technological world is thoroughly permeated with I-It. In that regard, we look specifically at knowledge, aesthetics, teaching, economics and politics. We also look at "The Return," which Buber thinks of in terms of, "Calling the incubus of the I-It world by its true name."

[@Manuka_888]

I appreciate these lectures. I am watching them all. Thank you.

[@mscbuild]

Great explanation for Buber. Thanks for sharing your videos with wide public.

[@blackfeatherstill348]

Really brilliant lectures on Buber. Has really sunk in. I will have to watch all of your lectures.

[@howardglantz]

Wow - I am a Cantor in mainstream modern Jewish life but taking classes towards ordination as a rabbi. A lot of philosophy is required and my head was spinning by reading Buber. I was taking a long drive and thought I'd see what there is on KZbin that might explain him. I feel so fortunate to have chances upon you and it deserved more than a simple thumbs up. You describe his perspective on such an accessible manner. I'll never watch a rerun of Will and Grace without thinking Buber! Thanks to you I'm really looking forward to the discussion in my next class. Then it's on to Heschel. I also loved your way of explaining the Tetragrammaton.

[@EMDEEW]

Great and very spirited! It's a rare thing these days to encounter a diagnosis of the modern world that does not do any consession to the ultimate: we need soul and Thou in our lives and our society is killing everything with commodification. In these dire times it's a true comfort that people still talk and think this way, however marginally.

[@patricianeil-smith2538]

Fantastic lecture. THANK YOU for sharing this work. The snakes arrival was definitely on cue😂. Change happens slowly,100 years later and how much has it moved in this direction ❤

[@malakabolhija870]

Very helpful. Cannot explain how grateful I am. Thank you ❤

[@fruko1980]

Haha, loved the snake incident!

[@IGGYIGRA]

No part 3? ):

[@letitiagamez7077]

I've been thinking I needed to read Burber's book for a while and this is the push I needed. Thank you.

[@456quip]

"We would not say that the shoreline belongs to the sand or the sea. It is brought into being by their meeting" (Joel Latner, 1985).

[@eniaustin8465]

Thank you for this lecture.

[@natreven1122]

Great content👏 Thank you so much!

[@bebe8842]

I love these lectures. More of it please 😁

[@ritabriffawomenwhosucceed]

The snake is synchronized. It came to show us that it is always in our basements (our subconscious). In living in the thou will kill it softly. Facing our fears, killing our fearful egos will help our real selves come forward and living it fully.

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Nice. And +3 points for creativity.

[@ritabriffawomenwhosucceed]

@@EricDodsonLectures I am enjoying listening to your explanations. I look forward to hear more of them. I will be looking for more videos. Best wishes.

[@EricDodsonLectures]

@@ritabriffawomenwhosucceed Well, if you like these, you might like the ones I'm posting on my main channel. Here's a link to the latest one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5-rkHujnq11mZY

[@letitroad]

you are great! thanks for these lectures... it´s difficult to find something as good in Spanish

[@jameslabs1]

These lectures are good even though there's always a subtle bias always interjected. Thanks good luck

[@blackfeatherstill348]

Wow. I got to here somehow from Emmy Van Deurzen, and I have to say you should be reaching a wider audience. I hope you are.

[@sambithota548]

Great lecture!

[@Noise-Conductor]

I rather have a snake in my house than a snake in the White House! You just made this comment to me 3 days earlier: "Ha ha... I'd take that as an auspicious sign !!... I often think that when strange "coincidences" appear in our lives, it's really life's way to trying to draw our attention to something... life's way of trying to get us to perceive & experience something that we might otherwise just overlook." WOW! 🤯

[@user-oo9uf1dm4e]

Many thanks!!

[@456quip]

Thanks for making this accessible without losing the magic. Any chance we can access the notes somewhere online?

[@Susan19918]

yes!

[@sytreegarden6980]

la la lah la la laa laaa 💛

[@ssevkin]

🐍👍

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Ha ha... thanks...

[@meredithramsay1979]

Dr. Dobson, are you familiar with Iain Mc Gilchrist’s work? It seamlessly ties in to you lectures on Buber! His books, (The Master and His Emissary) and (The Problem with Things) are some 600 pages each, so I send you a quick synopsis in the following video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnaYdYqQhad1Y7c

[@James-sc5hz]

There's a snake in here!!

[@kotiaduwarahchuckkaliapani1788]

Sir, may I have your email id?