• Teorie / Through Communication to the Community: The Political Implications of Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Art

    This article explores Buber’s philosophy of art, correlating it with his early emphasis on individual realization, as well as his dialogical philosophy as articulated in I and Thou and in his theopolitical perspectives. The study posits that Buber perceives artistic creation as a conduit for communication with noumenal reality, mirroring the structure of interpersonal dialogue.…

  • Blog / Imunitní deník #19

    V jedné ze svých povídek vykresluje Iphgenia Baal úzkostný charakter komunikace člověka informačního věku. Chvíle, kdy člověka probudí nenadálý telefonát od neznámého člověka (nota bene v kocovině), je singularitou, jíž se nelze vyhnout. Vždy v minulosti sice bylo možné, že vás na ulici zastavil neznámý kolemjdoucí, dokonce i po velkou část dvacátého století mohli být…

  • Theory / Rethinking Drama in the Crisis of Deliberative Communication

    The article presents the basic elements of Gustav Landauer’s and Martin Buber’s thinking on theatre and drama. It shows they are rooted in the late 19th-century critique of language (Sprachkritik), trying to overcome the representational function of language. The author searches for shared elements in both thinkers’ philosophies: an integral idea of human personality (inner…