For
this blog of my choosing, I would like to discuss the realm of I and You
introduced by Martin Buber to define whether or not my sister is a subject or
an object. The realm of I and You says that “Whoever says You does not have
something; he has nothing” (p. 55). You must relate back to the excerpt on page
54 in relations to the something in order to decipher whether or not you are a subject or an object. The realm of
I and You claims, “You has no borders”; therefore, if you have borders or
limitations, you have something” (p. 55). These borders reside as our
limitations and boundaries between our subjects or objects. We discussed in
class that these borders could be boundaries around how well we know someone.
For
example, my sister Kassandra Bier can be a subject or an object. I have known
my sister since the day I was born, meaning I should know her better than
anyone else. However, she will always be limitedly defined because no one can
truly be known infinitely. Reddick asks, “Even if we know someone, we can refer
to him or her as he and she—how is that more like an object than subject?”
Although I would never consider my sister an object, I am guilty of referring
to her as just that. By using the third person, she is just another “he” or
“she”. We learned from Reddick, “He or she is not there when you treat them as
an object”. I couldn’t help but tie a distinction between Reddick’s statements
to every day rumors. The only reason rumors or gossip exists is because people
become objects and stop being subjects. When “he” or “she” is not there in
conversation—whether positive or negative— they are no longer before me. This
relates to Buber’s connection to art when he says, “the form that confronts me
I cannot experience nor describe; I can only actualize it” (p. 61). When we
refer to someone in third person, you can’t actually experience nor describe
them.
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