Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings

ISBN-13: 9780415315869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 384 str.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty;Baldwin Thomas; Thomas Baldwin

Opis

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 Structure of Behavior The Phenomenology of Perception The Prose of the World The Visible and the Invisible Sense and Non-sense The Adventures of the Dialectic In a substantial 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. Th

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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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Thomas Baldwin is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. Recent publications include: The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945 (2003), and Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy in English since 1945 (2001); other publications include G.E. Moore (Routledge 1990).