Title: The mystery of hope in the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, 1888-1973)
First published: 1992
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.
Subjects: French Philosophy, Hope, Philosophy, French
People: Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: B2430.M254 R36 1992