In the Middle of Love: At the Fringes of Personhood. An Explorative Essay on the Dialogue of I and Thou and the Poetics of the Impersonal

In Works of Love, Søren Kierkegaard introduces the idea that God’s love is “the middle term.” It a manages to be in all created being. To extent, not just one relation among others, but “being-in-relation” as such. is, Heideggerian terms, with” being-with. This implies, further, inconspicuous it ubiquitous. According Martin Buber, however, there privileged I–Thou relation. here reveals itself. For this so on strength two important traits dyadic relation: dialogical and personal. dialogue I You are responsive word God; personal co-presence theophany absolute person” may occur. paper explores these tenets “philosophy dialogue” at their fringes. Accordingly, impersonal person monologue dialogue. More specifically, aims show how: (a) disclosed angst how (b) expressed poetics impersonal.