Phenomenology in French Philosophy: Early Encounters

This work investigates the early encounters of French philosophers and religious thinkers with the phenomenological philosophy of Edmund Husserl. Following an introductory chapter addressing context and methodology, Chapter 2 argues that Henri Bergson’s insights into lived duration and intuition and...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dupont, Christian (Συγγραφέας)
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Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Σειρά:Phaenomenologica, Series Founded by H. L. Van Breda and Published Under the Auspices of the Husserl-Archives, 208
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION- I. Occasion
  • II. Contribution
  • III. Methodology and Terminology
  • A. Definition of Reception
  • B. Definition of Phenomenology
  • C. Definition of Religious Thought
  • IV. Plan
  • CHAPTER 2: PRECURSORS TO THE RECEPTION OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN FRANCE, 1889-1909
  • I. Three Major Currents in French Philosophy at the End of the Nineteenth Century
  • A. Positivism
  • B. Idealism
  • C Spiritualism
  • D. Summary: Anticipations of Phenomenology in French Positivism, Idealism and Spiritualism
  • II. Henri Bergson: Lived Duration and Intuition
  • A. Bergson’s Original Insight
  • B. Bergson’s Principal Themes: Duration and Intuition
  • C. Bergson as a Precursor to Husserlian Phenomenology
  • D. Bergson’s Influence on French Theologians
  • III. Maurice Blondel: A Phenomenology of Action
  • A. Blondel’s Original Insight
  • B. Blondel’s Principal Theme: Action
  • C. Blondel as a Precursor to Husserlian Phenomenology
  • D. Blondel’s Influence on French Theologians
  • IV. Conclusion: Bergson and Blondel as Precursors to the Reception of Husserlian Phenomenology in France
  • CHAPTER 3: FOUR PHASES IN THE RECEPTION OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN FRENCH PHILOSOPHY, 1910-1939
  • I. Léon Noël and Victor Delbos
  • A. Léon Noël
  • B. Victor Delbos
  • C. Noël and Delbos as Interpreters of Phenomenology
  • II. Lev Shestov and Jean Héring
  • A. Lev Shestov
  • B. Jean Héring
  • C. Shestov’s Reply to Héring
  • D. Héring’s Rebuttal to Shestov
  • E. Shestov and Héring as Interpreters of Phenomenology
  • III. Bernard Groethuysen and Georges Gurvitch
  • A. Bernard Groethuysen
  • B. Interlude: German Phenomenologists in France
  • C. Georges Gurvitch
  • D. Groethuysen and Gurvitch as Interpreters of Phenomenology
  • IV. Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Paul Sartre
  • A. Emmanuel Levinas
  • B. Jean-Paul Sartre
  • C. Levinas and Sartre as Interpreters of Phenomenology
  • V. Conclusion: Four Phases in the Reception of Phenomenology in French Philosophy, 1910-1939
  • A. Phase One: Awareness of Husserl as a Critic of Psychologism
  • B. Phase Two: Polemics Over Ideas and the Logos Essay
  • C. Phase Three: Popularization of Phenomenology
  • D. Phase Four: Original French Appropriations of Phenomenology
  • E. Other Figures, Further Aspects
  • CHAPTER 4: RECEPTIONS OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL INSIGHTS IN FRENCH RELIGIOUS THOUGHT, 1901-1929
  • I. Édouard Le Roy
  • A. His Life and Works
  • B. Le Roy and Bergson
  • C. Le Roy’s Application of Bergsonian Insights to Religious Thought
  • D. Le Roy’s Contribution to the Theological Reception of Phenomenology
  • II. Pierre Rousselot
  • A. His Life and Works
  • B. Rousselot and Blondel
  • C. Rousselot’s Application of Blondelian Insights to Religious Thought
  • D. Rousselot’s Contribution to the Theological Reception of Phenomenology
  • CHAPTER 5: RECEPTIONS OF HUSSERLIAN PHENOMENOLOGY IN FRENCH RELIGIOUS THOUGHT, 1926-1939
  • I. Jean Héring
  • A. His Life and Works
  • B. Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Religion
  • C. Héring’s Application of Phenomenology to Religious Thought
  • II. Gaston Rabeau
  • A. His Life and Works
  • B. Phenomenology and Theological Epistemology
  • C. Rabeau’s Application of Phenomenology to Religious Thought
  • III. Joseph Maréchal
  • A. His Life and Works
  • B. Phenomenology and the Critical Justification of Metaphysics
  • C. Maréchal’s Application of Phenomenology to Religious Thought
  • IV. Neo-Thomist Encounters with Phenomenology
  • A. The Société Thomiste and the Journée d’Études
  • B. Neo-Thomist Appraisals of Phenomenology V. Conclusion: Two Stages in the Reception of Phenomenology in French Religious Thought Prior to 1939
  • A. Stage One: Integration of Bergsonian and Blondelian Insights, 1901-1929
  • B. Stage Two: Applications and Appraisals of Phenomenology, 1926-1939
  • CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION
  • I. Receptions of Phenomenology in French Academic Circles Prior to 1939
  • II. Appropriations of Phenomenology by French Philosophers
  • III. Appropriations of Phenomenology by French Religious Thinkers
  • IV. French Receptions of Phenomenology since 1939
  • Index.