Phenomenology in French Philosophy: Early Encounters

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 FrenchPhilosophy, 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.