Buber, Chassidischen Bücher. 1927 DJ. Hasidism, SIGNED Erich von Kahler. Judaica

Description: Buber, Chassidischen Bücher. 1927 DJ. Hasidism, SIGNED Erich von Kahler. Judaica Die Chassidischen Bücher by Martin Buber Schocken Verlag, Berlin, 1927, first edition. Blue cloth hard covers with gilt titles, dust jacket, small octavo, xxxi + 717 pages. Loose errata slip. The half-title page is signed by the original owner of the book – Erich von Kahler. (See below) Includes: Die Geschichten des Rabbi Nachman, Die Legende des Baalschem, Nachträge zur Legende des Baalschem, Der große Maggid und seine Nachfolge, Das verborgene Licht, Mein Weg zum Chassidismus. “Erich von Kahler (October 14, 1885 – June 28, 1970) was a renowned mid-twentieth-century European-American literary scholar and essayist best known for scholarly works like The Tower and the Abyss: An Inquiry into the Transformation of Man (1957). Kahler was born in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied philosophy, literature, history, art history, sociology, and psychology at the University of Munich, the University of Berlin, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Freiburg before earning his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1911. In 1933, deprived of his German citizenship by the Nazi regime, he left Germany, emigrating to the United States in 1938 after a period of residence in England. He became a U.S. citizen in 1944, where he was known as Erich Kahler. In the U.S. he taught at The New School for Social Research, Black Mountain College, Cornell University, and Princeton University. He was a friend of Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Herman Broch, who wrote Tod der Vergils at Kahler’s home, One Evelyn Place in Princeton. Kahler’s friends became known as the Kahler-Kreis (Kahler Circle). Like Einstein, Kahler was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study. He met and married Alice (Lili) Loewy while in Princeton. Kahler’s many books often take up political themes, in addition to the relation of society to technology and science. He was an ardent Zionist, advocated world government, and was involved in antiwar and anti-nuclear activism. In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.” ------Wikipedia CONDITION: Very Good+ book in Good dust jacket. (Book has light shelfwear, owner’s signature on half-title. Dust jacket has marginal chips, tape repairs at several folds.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items. Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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