Maurice Merleau-Ponty : basic writings
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty : basic writings
Routledge, 2004
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-353) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415315869
Description
Merleau-Ponty was a pivotal figure in twentieth century French philosophy. He was responsible for bringing the phenomenological methods of the German philosophers - Husserl and Heidegger - to France and instigated a new wave of interest in this approach. His influence extended well beyond the boundaries of philosophy and can be seen in theories of politics, psychology, art and language.
This is the first volume to bring together a comprehensive selection of Merleau-Ponty's writing.
Sections from the following are included:
The Primacy of Perception
The Structure of Behaviour
The Phenomenology of Perception
The Prose of the World
The Visible and the Invisible
Sense and Non-Sense
The Adventures of the DialecticIn a substantial critical introduction Thomas Baldwin provides a critical discussion of the main themes of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, connecting it to subsequent philosophical debates and setting it in the context of the ideas of Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre. Each text is also prefaced with an explanation which sets it in its context in Merleau-Ponty's work; and there are extensive suggestions for further reading to enable students to pursue the issues raised by Merleau-Ponty. Thus the book provides the ideal materials for students studying Merleau-Ponty for the first time.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 01 Editor's Introduction
- Part 1 Merleau-Ponty's Prospectus of his Work
- Part 02 Selections from the Structure of Behavior
- Part 03 Selections from the Phenomenology of Perception
- Chapter 02 The Body
- Chapter 03 The World as Perceived
- Chapter 04 Being-for-Itself and Being-in-the-World bp0004 Selection from the Prose of the World bp0005 Selection from the Visible and the Invisible bp0006 Painting bp0007 History
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: pbk ISBN 9780415315876
Description
Merleau-Ponty was a pivotal figure in twentieth century French philosophy. He was responsible for bringing the phenomenological methods of the German philosophers - Husserl and Heidegger - to France and instigated a new wave of interest in this approach. His influence extended well beyond the boundaries of philosophy and can be seen in theories of politics, psychology, art and language.
This is the first volume to bring together a comprehensive selection of Merleau-Ponty's writing.
Sections from the following are included:
The Primacy of Perception
The Structure of Behaviour
The Phenomenology of Perception
The Prose of the World
The Visible and the Invisible
Sense and Non-Sense
The Adventures of the DialecticIn a substantial critical introduction Thomas Baldwin provides a critical discussion of the main themes of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, connecting it to subsequent philosophical debates and setting it in the context of the ideas of Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre. Each text is also prefaced with an explanation which sets it in its context in Merleau-Ponty's work; and there are extensive suggestions for further reading to enable students to pursue the issues raised by Merleau-Ponty. Thus the book provides the ideal materials for students studying Merleau-Ponty for the first time.
Table of Contents
1. Merleau-Ponty's prospectus 2. Selections from The Structure of Behavior 3. Selections from The Phenomenology of Perception (i) Preface (ii) Part I: The Body (a) Introduction (b) From Chapter 1 - The Body as Object and Mechanistic Physiology (c) From Chapter 3 - The Spatiality of one's own Body and Mobility (iii) Part II: The World as Perceived (a) From introduction (b) From Chapter 1 - Sense-Experience (c) From Chapter 3 - The Thing and the Natural World (d) From Chapter 4 - Other Selves and the Human World (iv) Part III: Being-for-itself and Being-in-the-world (a) Chapter 1 - The Cogito (b) Chapter 3 - Freedom 4. Selection from The Prose of the World Chapter 4 - The Algorithm and the Mystery of Language 5. Selection from The Visible and the Invisible Chapter 4 - The Intertwining - The Chiasm 6. Painting (i) 'Cezanne's Doubt' (ii) 'Eye and Mind' 7. History 'The Crisis of Understanding'.
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