TY - BOOK ID - 77876577 TI - Aesthetics of renewal PY - 2008 SN - 1282070401 9786612070402 0226842738 9780226842738 9781282070400 0226842703 9780226842707 PB - Chicago University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Hasidism. KW - Spiritual life KW - Anthologies. KW - Zionism. KW - Jews KW - Zionist movement KW - Jewish nationalism KW - Chrestomathies KW - Collected papers (Anthologies) KW - Collections (Anthologies) KW - Papers, Collected (Anthologies) KW - Readings (Anthologies) KW - Chasidism KW - Hassidism KW - Jewish sects KW - Judaism. KW - Zionism KW - Politics and government KW - Restoration KW - Buber, Martin, KW - Buber, Martin KW - hasidism, kulturkritik, judaism, mysticism, jewish, identity, religion, spirituality, revival, zionism, community, unity, diaspora, tradition, cultural memory, belonging, migration, nationalism, german romanticism, self sacrifice, redemption, devotion, immediacy, ecstasy, perception, language, lebensphilosophie, aesthetics, metaphysics, folklore, folk belief, sefer, ingathering, nonfiction. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876577 AB - Martin 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 ER -