That peoples can no longer carry on authentic dialogue with one another is not only the most acute symptom of the pathology of our time, it is also that which most urgently makes a demand of us.”
Martin Buber, Genuine Dialogue and the Possibilities of Peace
Jewish philosopher, religious scholar and political activist Martin Buber, called by the New York Times upon his death in 1965 “one of the great thinkers of this century,” spoke these profound words in Germany in 1953.
Clearly, the condition Buber considered our “most acute symptom” six decades ago has become even more critical in recent years.