Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, Letters, and Dialogue - Paperback

by Judith Agassi (Author), Paul Roazen (Introduction by)

"Buber came to play a role in the development of so-called third force psychology. . . . In the exchange between Buber and [Carl] Rogers, one can see how far they both were from the world of Freud, which presumes an omniscient analyst dealing with curiously foolish neurotics. Freud's aloofness might have been self deception,
but he never advocated anything like the mutual give-and-take that Buber and Rogers had in mind. . . . Buber's mind was in another world from that of early psychoanalysis, and the passage of time has shown how relevant his thinking can be to how we approach the healing professions."--from the Introduction

Author Biography

Judith Buber Agassi has taught sociology and political science at universities in the United States, Canada, Israel, Europe, and Asia. She is currently working at Tel Aviv University on a research project about Jewish prisoners in the women's concentration camp Ravensbrück.