Na drodze do wspólnoty. Filozofia społeczna Martina Bubera

This article presents the social ideas of Martin Buber (1878-1965). His social thought has its sources in mysticism, the philosophy of dialogue and utopian socialism (Saint-Simon, Landauer). The groundwork of the community is one type of human experience (the foundation of being, "interhuman", logos). The essential feature of the community is its connection with religion. The collective is opposed to the community. It is a bundle of individuals. In societal life we have two principles: social (community) and political (collective). The contemporary state, according to Buber, experiences crisis - it dissolves natural forms of community (family, village, cities) and produces artificial forms (parties, societies). The task of the individual is the transition from the collective to the community, from the political principle to the social one. Religious socialism is the only one program to make this possible. Considering the entire philosophy of Martin Buber it would be better to treat him not as a representative of socialism, but communitarianism.