Gabriel Marcel
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| - | [[Jean-Paul Sartre|Sartre]] contributed many other strands of existential exploration, particularly in terms of emotions, imagination, and the person's insertion into a social and political world. He became the father of existentialism, which was a philosophical trend with a limited life span. The philosophy of existence on the contrary is carried by a wide-ranging literature, which includes many other authors than the ones mentioned above. There is much to be learned from existential authors such as [[Karl Jaspers]] (1951, 1963), [[Paul Tillich]], [[Martin Buber]], and [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]] within the Germanic tradition and [[Albert Camus]], [[Gabriel Marcel]], [[Paul Ricoeur]], [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]] and [[Emmanuel Lévinas]] within the French tradition (see for instance Spiegelberg, 1972, Kearney, 1986 or van Deurzen-Smith, 1997). Few psychotherapists are aware of this literature, or interested in making use of it. Psychotherapy has traditionally grown within a medical rather than a philosophical milieu and is only just beginning to discover the possibility of a radical philosophical approach. | + | '''Gabriel Honoré Marcel''' (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a [[French philosopher]], [[playwright]], [[music critic]] and leading [[Christian existentialism|Christian existentialist]]. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], preferring the term ''philosophy of existence'' or ''neo-Socrateanism'' to define his own thought. ''[[The Mystery of Being]]'' is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel. |
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Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term philosophy of existence or neo-Socrateanism to define his own thought. The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel.
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