PHLD99H3 Lecture : Arendt continues
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Arendt continues: childhood isn"t a state, but a relation a responsibility that goes from adult to child, she says that we value children and fear them for the same reasons. Martin buber (1878-1965: takes the same issue with progressivist education like both dewey and arendt do, he is described as a dialogical philosopher, dewey- liberal, arendt- political, buber- communitarian/dialogical, plato- rationalist, rousseau- romanticist. Ich und du (i and thou: conceived in 1916, published in 1923, translated to english in 1937. I and thou was not best translation of its german title. But it is the way in which it became famous: thou: an intimate form, a friend type. Like tu in french: this relationship that goes from the i" to the you" is one of intimacy, for buber we are being of relation. To be human is to be in relation. Fall into two categories: interpersonal relationships and objective relationships (between a subject and a thing).
