Contents
Foreword by John F. Crosby
Preface
Europe in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Change and Crisis
Positivism and Scientism
The Ascendancy of Individualism and the Collectivisms
Philosophical Influences
Crisis and the Cultural Renewal of Catholicism
The Personalist Awakening
Chapter Two. French Personalism
Jacques Maritain (1882–1973): Thomistic Personalism
Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973): Existentialist Personalism
Emmanuel Mounier (1905–50): Communitarian Personalism
Maurice Nédoncelle (1905–76): Metaphysical Personalism
Italian Personalism
Polish Personalism
Personalism in German
Personalism in Spain
British and American Personalism
Chapter Four. Personalist Philosophy: A Proposal
Is Personalism a Philosophy?
Concepts, Definitions, and Classifications
Structural Features of Personalism
Personalism as a Realist Philosophy
Personalism as a New Philosophy
Bibliography
Index