1961 in philosophy

Events

• Hegel Yearbook was established in 1961.

Publications

• Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History
• Emmanuel Lévinas, Totality and Infinity
• H. L. A. Hart, The Concept of Law
• Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
• E. H. Carr, ''What Is History?''

[Philosophical fiction]

• Stanisław Lem, ''Solaris''

Births

• Ruth Abbey

Deaths

• January 4 - Erwin Schrödinger
• May 3 - Maurice Merleau-Ponty
• May 6 - Lucian Blaga
• June 6 - Carl Jung
• December 6 - Frantz Fanon