Martin Buber

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Michael Sobocinski

The Lure of Unity: Buber, Merton, and the Self

Martin Buber and Thomas Merton both tried to move past the fragmented self. Why is the desire for unity so important, and how can it sometimes lead us astray?

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Michael Sobocinski

Scheler, Buber, and the Political Economy of Ressentiment

How Max Scheler's ressentiment and Martin Buber's I-Thou/I-It distinction show why shame psychology and neoliberal political economy describe the same wound.

A living presence reduced to a sortable entry

Michael Sobocinski

The Wound Doesn't Care What You Feed It

Grievance politics and market extraction look like separate problems. They're the same relational failure, and ignoring that costs us more than we think.

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Michael Sobocinski

The Philosophy Behind Taking Connectedness Seriously

Before something is one thing or many things, what is it? A deep dive into Aristotle, Whitehead, and Buber on potential, relation, and becoming.

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Michael Sobocinski

It's Time to Take Connectedness Seriously

Wildfire smoke, war, and a struggling democracy feel like separate crises. What if they're symptoms of one wound: treating relationships as optional?

Michael Sobocinski

Why I'm Writing This Book

On our wounded children, a collapsing culture, and a conviction that they are the same problem.