University Press of America
Pages: 252
Trim: 6⅛ x 9⅛
978-0-7618-5367-1 • Paperback • December 2010 • $46.99 • (£36.00)
Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism,
Performing Arts / General,
Performing Arts / Individual Director,
Performing Arts / Theater / General,
Performing Arts / Theater / Playwriting,
Philosophy / General,
Philosophy / Aesthetics,
Philosophy / Criticism,
Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy,
Philosophy / Good & Evil,
Philosophy / Mind & Body,
Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism,
Philosophy / Religious
Katharine Rose Hanley holds a Ph.D. from the Higher Institute of Philosophy, Louvain University, Belgium, where she first met Gabriel Marcel in 1955. She has been a professor of philosophy at Le Moyne College since 1961. In 1975, she became the director of the Gabriel Marcel Institute of Existential Drama at Le Moyne. Hanley has authored books and numerous articles on metaphysical topics and on aspects of Marcel's thought. She has lectured to national and international audiences, such as the International Gabriel Marcel Society in Paris and the Société francaise de Philosophie at the Sorbonne. For several years, Hanley has been involved in translating and editing some of Marcel's thirty plays for English-speaking audiences and in producing some of these plays for stage and television.
Part 1 Introduction by Paul Ricoeur
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Part One: Gabriel Marcel: Philosopher-Dramatist-Musician
Chapter 4 Chapter I. Introduction to Gabriel Marcel's Philosophic Quest
Part 5 Part Two: Dramatic Approaches to Creative Philosophy
Chapter 6 Chapter II. The Unfathomable: A Search for Presence
Chapter 7 Chapter III. The Lantern: and The Light of Truth
Chapter 8 Chapter IV. Dot the I: An Existential Witness of the Light of Truth
Chapter 9 Chapter V Rebellious Heart: and Human Creativity
Chapter 10 Chapter VI. The Double Expertise: Fidelity and Infidelity
Chapter 11 Chapter VII. Colombyre or the Torch of Peace: The Role of Person-Community in Living Creative Fidelity to Values
Chapter 12 Chapter VIII. The Sting: Threatening the Foundations of Fidelity
Chapter 13 Chapter IX. Rome Is No Longer in Rome: Challenge for Creative Incarnations of Fidelity
Chapter 14 Chapter X. Conclusion: Creative Fidelity, Sketch of the Essential Features Highlighted
Part 15 Part Three: Resources for Research
Chapter 16 I. Biblio-biography
Chapter 17 II. Parallel of Theater and Philosophy
Chapter 18 III. Works by Gabriel Marcel in chronological order of composition
Chapter 19 IV. Bibliographic References
Chapter 20 V. Partial List of Plays Produced
Chapter 21 VI. Centers of Research
Part 22 Index