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The Philosophy of Georges Bastide

A Study Tracing the Origins and Development of a French Value Philosophy and a French Personalism against the Background of French Idealism

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  1. Thomas Koenig
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Historical Perspectives and Philosophical Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Basic Points of Reference in Descartes and Kant

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 3-33

    3. Leon Brunschvicg and Henri Bergson

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 34-49

    4. Philosophies of Reflection and Philosophy of Spirit

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 50-67

  3. Axiological Idealism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Stating the Problem

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 70-102

    3. Search for a Method: The Human Condition in Inauthenticity and Alienation

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 103-126

    4. Spiritual Conversion and the Transfiguration of Values

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 127-139

    5. Axiological Idealism & Spiritual Personalism

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 140-167

    6. Conclusions

      • Thomas Koenig
      Pages 168-209

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 210-224
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The axiological idealism of Georges Bastide, which is itself an attempt to come to grips with basic philosophical problems in a form wholly in accord with the preoccupations of our times, offered a unique opportunity for coming into contact with two new horizons - critical idealism and axiological personalism. An examination of the intimate relationship between these two viewpoints promised to be of special interest and worthy of research. A similar theme is encountered in the philosophy of R. Le Senne and a number of works have been devoted to the study of his philosophy. However, in Bastide's axiological idealism the emphasis is on the relationship between the problem of spiritual conversion and the problem of the transfiguration of values and, as far as I know, no major study has been made of Bastide's philosophy. This study also opened up the possibility of a deeper understanding of the philosophies of Descartes and Kant, as well as the philosophies of Brunsch­ vicg and Bergson. Bastide's philosophy offers new possibilities for reflection on the past in the light of contemporary problems, just as his own work can be understood only in the light of the philosophies which are the chief inspi­ ration for his axiological idealism. In this regard we have devoted three chapters of historical background in order to introduce the main influences on Bastide's philosophy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Philosophy of Georges Bastide

  • Book Subtitle: A Study Tracing the Origins and Development of a French Value Philosophy and a French Personalism against the Background of French Idealism

  • Authors: Thomas Koenig

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3045-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1971

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-5125-9Due: 31 July 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3047-2Published: 05 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3045-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 224

  • Topics: History, general

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