The mystery of hope in the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, 1888-1973)
Subtitle: hope and Homo viator
By: Albert B. Randall.
Series: Problems in contemporary philosophy ;; v. 33
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Marcel, Gabriel, 1889-1973.; Hope.; Philosophy, French -- 20th century.
Description: The present work is the only work in English which exclusively explores Marcel's understanding of hope. Examines hope as it relates to many categories, among them activity-act-life, anxiety-strangeness, availability-unavailability, being-having, captivity-trials, charity, communion-intersubjectivity, concrete philosophy, creativity, death, desire, despair, faith, prayer, sacrifice-suicide, and many more. Additionally the book offers a spiritual biography of Marcel based on his two essays in autobiography, a bibliography of secondary material, and appendices which index Marcel's major passages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-398) and index.