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Module Aims:

To understand the main features of Gabriel Marcel’s thought.

To understand hope as the unifying theme in his philosophy.

To understand why Marcel still matters today.

Indicative Syllabus:

- Marcel’s philosophical quest and the place of music and theatre in his thought.
- The technological mentality and how human beings have become strangers to themselves.
- Two kinds of thought – primary and secondary reflection.
- The human being as an incarnate being.
- Presence, communion and the “thou”.
- The Absolute Thou.
- Hope as the force that drives the incarnate being in the direction of transcendence.

Note this is an SPPU module - further details can be obtained from SPPU