Martin Buber e l’utopia della pace: il topos dialogico e la corruptio seminis del conflitto arabo-israeliano

Abstract

This article examines Martin Buber’s utopian conception of peace, arguing that it departs from conventional understandings of utopia as an abstract or teleological project. By tracing the transition from Buber’s wartime interventionism to the dialogical turn of the I-Thou philosophy, the study highlights the topical, relational, and situated nature of his utopian thought, grounded in encounter and responsibility toward the other. This perspective informs both his communitarian socialism and his interpretation of Hasidism, united by the ethical imperative to renew human relations in the here and now. The second part investigates Buber’s engagement with the Arab-Israeli conflict as the decisive testing ground of his dialogical philosophy. Far from constituting a detached ideal, peace emerges as a concrete practice willing to confront historical and political complexity, yielding its most significant outcomes within the corruptio seminis of reality itself.