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ISBN-10: 0821407694

ISBN-13: 9780821407691

Edition: 1986

Authors: Jean Gebser, Noel K. Barstad, Algis Mickunas

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Born in Posen in 1905, Jean Gebser came from an old Franconian family domiciled in Thuringia since 1236. A nephew of German chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, he was a descendant on his mother's side of Luther's friend Melanchthon. He was educated in Breslau, Konigsberg, Rossleben, and at the University of Berlin. In 1929 Gebser emigrated to Italy and subsequently lived in Spain where he was attached to the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Republic. From 1937-1939 he lived in Paris in the circle which included Picasso, Andre Malraux, Paul Eluard, and Louis Aragon. In 1939 he made his permanent home in Switzerland where he became a citizen in 1951. For many years Gebser was Lecturer at the…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 648
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.69" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Noel Barstad is associate professor of modern languages at Ohio University.

Translator's Preface
In Memoriam Jean Gebser
Preface
From the Preface to the Second Edition
Foundations of the Aperspectival World a Contribution to the History of the Awakening of Consciousness
Fundamental Considerations
The Three European Worlds
The Four Mutations of Consciousness
Mutations as an Integral Phenomenon: an Intermediate Summary
The Space-Time Constitution of the Structures
On the History of the Phenomena of Soul and Spirit
The Previous Forms of Realization and Thought
The Foundations of the Aperspectival World
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World an Attempt at the Concretion of the Spiritual
The Irruption of Time
The New Mutation
The Nature of Creativity
The New Concepts
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (I): The Natural Sciences
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (II): The Sciences of the Mind
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (III): The Social Sciences
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (Iv): The Dual Sciences
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (V): The Arts
Manifestations of the Aperspectival World (Vi): Summary
The Two-Fold Task
The Concretion of the Spiritual
Postscript
Remarks on Etymology
Index of Names
Index of Subjects